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CMS to Require Electronic Reporting of a Hospital Death Associated With Use of Restraint, Seclusion

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a memorandum announcing that electronic Form CMS-10455, Report of a Hospital Death Associated with the Use of Restraint or Seclusion, has replaced the paper version of the form. As of Dec. 2, hospitals can submit the reports electronically online here.

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