Year: 2015
Resolution Number: 74
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Owen Berow, MD
Sponsor: Owen Berow, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek appropriate legislative or regulatory changes so that patients receiving at-home hospice care who need to be placed in a nursing home are not required to have a chest x-ray; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS seek appropriate legislative or regulatory changes to allow a blood test to screen for tuberculosis to be accepted as a suitable alternative to a chest x-ray for patients receiving at-home hospice care who need to be placed in a nursing home.
RESOLVED: That MSMS seek appropriate legislative or regulatory changes so that patients receiving at-home hospice care who need to be placed in a nursing home are not required to have a chest x-ray; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS seek appropriate legislative or regulatory changes to allow a blood test to screen for tuberculosis to be accepted as a suitable alternative to a chest x-ray for patients receiving at-home hospice care who need to be placed in a nursing home.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for CXR for Patients at Home on Hospice
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