Compliant texting of patient orders approved by CMS

Christmas has come very early this year from CMS to our case management teams! On February 8, CMS released a memorandum outlining new guidelines and permission to text patient information and patient orders to health care team members. Of course, it will be required to take place through a HIPAA-compliant secure texting platform and in compliance with the Conditions of Participation (CoPs). We recommend you meet with your compliance and IT teams to discuss the next steps to texting status change orders. This new ruling is effective immediately and applies to both acute hospitals and critical access hospitals.

The link below will take you to the link to view the CMS memorandum related to this new change:

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-24-05-hospital-cah.pdf