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When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its original Patients’ Rights Conditions of Participation (COPs) for hospitals in 1999, the definition of a “grievance” was unclear, says Patrice Spath, a Forest Grove, OR-based health care quality specialist.

New CMS guidelines for managing complaints

January 1, 2006

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its original Patients Rights Conditions of Participation (COPs) for hospitals in 1999, the definition of a grievance was unclear, says Patrice Spath, a Forest Grove, OR-based health care quality specialist.

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