§418.25. Admission to hospice care.
42 C.F.R. § 418.25
The hospice admits a patient only on the recommendation of the medical director (or the physician designee, as defined in § 418.3) or the physician member of the hospice interdisciplinary group, in consultation with, or with input from, the patient's attending physician (if any).
In reaching a decision to certify that the patient is terminally ill, the hospice medical director (or the physician designee, as defined in § 418.3) or the physician member of the hospice interdisciplinary group, must consider at least the following information:
Diagnosis of the terminal condition of the patient.
Other health conditions, whether related or unrelated to the terminal condition.
Current clinically relevant information supporting all diagnoses.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[70 FR 70547, Nov. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 64272, Aug. 6, 2024; 90 FR 37431, Aug. 5, 2025]
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.
Source
Source: 48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[70 FR 70547, Nov. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 64272, Aug. 6, 2024; 90 FR 37431, Aug. 5, 2025]