1. Assignment consistent with program purposes

Official source

It is consistent with program purposes to assign the patient to ward accommodations if all semiprivate accommodations are occupied, or the facility has no semiprivate accommodations. However, the patient must be moved to semiprivate accommodations if they become available during their stay.

Some providers have a policy of placing in wards all patients who do not have private physicians. Such a practice may be consistent with the purposes of the program if the intermediary determines that the ward assignment insures to the benefit of the patient. In making this determination, the intermediary’s principal consideration is whether the assignment is likely to result in better medical treatment of the patient (e.g., it facilitates necessary medical and nursing supervision and treatment).

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1. Assignment consistent with program purposes

Official source

It is consistent with program purposes to assign the patient to ward accommodations if all semiprivate accommodations are occupied, or the facility has no semiprivate accommodations. However, the patient must be moved to semiprivate accommodations if they become available during their stay.

Some providers have a policy of placing in wards all patients who do not have private physicians. Such a practice may be consistent with the purposes of the program if the intermediary determines that the ward assignment insures to the benefit of the patient. In making this determination, the intermediary’s principal consideration is whether the assignment is likely to result in better medical treatment of the patient (e.g., it facilitates necessary medical and nursing supervision and treatment).