On October 26, 2009, the Division of Quality Assurance issued DQA 09-042 (Palliative Care). This memorandum acknowledges the recent increase in health care entities that provide palliative and supportive care and sets out the current standards of practice for these programs. DQA also cautions that surveyors may include palliative and supportive care programs during the course of their review.
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