Medicare’s Condition of Participation
business
Description
Purpose: This assignment will help you become familiar with documentation standards and
Medicare’s Conditions of Participation
Assignment Description:
The CEO of Hospital Anywhere has just hired you as a consultant to review and update
all administrative guidelines, policies and procedures. You want to start with the Medical
Staff By-laws. You ask the CEO for a copy of the Medical Staff By-laws to review. The
CEO tells you, that he doesn’t know if any Medical Staff by-laws were ever written and
refers you to the Director of the Medical Staff. When you speak with the Director of the
Medical Staff, you learn that the CEO is correct. The Medical Staff By-laws were never
written. After discussion with both the CEO and Director of the Medical Staff, it is
determined that at least part of the Medical Staff by-laws should reflect Medicare’s
Conditions of Participation.
Step One: Locate and review Medicare’s Conditions of Participation.
Step Two: Develop five Medical Staff By-laws based on the information in the
Medicare’s Conditions of Participation
Step Three: Write a formal proposal to the CEO and Medical Staff director containing
the following:
1. An explanation about Medicare’s Conditions of Participation (What is it?)
2. Five Medical Staff By-laws
3. An explanation for EACH by-law. Why it is important? How does it meet Medicare’s
Conditions of Participation?
Your proposal should be two pages long (not counting title and reference pages) and be
in proper APA format
