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Medicare Adoption Of Life Safety Code Updates Will Impact Inpatient Hospices

Published on Fri Apr 25, 2014

Inpatient hospices, take note: CMS is proposing updates to the Life Safety Code fire prevention policy that governs health care provider buildings, including inpatient hospices. Among other changes, adopting the LSC 2012 provisions would allow facilities to increase suite size, permit controlled access doors to prevent wandering patients, and address issues of alcohol based hand rub dispensers in corridors and [...]
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