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CMS changes governing board requirements
In mid-May, CMS released a final rule containing many changes to its hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP). There has been some confusion over the change allowing one governing body for a multihospital system. Some hospitals have mistakenly interpreted this to mean that one medical executive committee (MEC) can govern multiple medical staffs in a system. The final rule is explicit that this change affects only the governing body (i.e., the board) of a multihospital system; it does not affect the MEC.
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