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CMS Issues Draft Ligature Risk Guidance for Psychiatric Hospitals, Units

By Stephanie Strickland on April 28, 2019 / NewsLine Weekly

CMS has released draft revised guidance to clarify its ligature risk policy, which pertains to environmental safeguards for patients at risk of harm to self or others. The draft guidance updates 2017 guidance to clarify what constitutes a ligature risk and the agency’s expectation for