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CDPH Issues AFL Announcing New Electronic Process for Reporting a Death Associated with Restraint or Seclusion

For COOs, licensing & certification staff

The California Department of Public Health has issued an All Facilities Letter notifying hospitals that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) no longer accepts paper forms for reporting deaths associated with restraint or seclusion, and that hospitals must report those deaths electronically.

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