In late June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed new rules for hospitals that would entitle patients to choose their own visitors during a hospital stay, including visitors who are same-sex domestic partners. These proposed rules stem from the April 15, 2010 Presidential Memorandum on Hospital Visitation issued to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The proposed rules would require every hospital to have written policies and procedures detailing patients’ visitation rights,… More