The department will consider changes to hospital conditions of participation, including current physician supervision requirements imposed for anesthesia care. The department has received comments requesting that CMS eliminate these requirements, which are a component rule of the conditions of participation.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has continued to support the physician supervision patient safety standard, according to the release.
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