It's the Law ....

Did you know?.......about the Federal Patient Self-Determination Act passed in 1990?

The Federal Patient Self-Determination Act requires that all Medicare-participating healthcare facilities inquire about and provide information to patients on Advance Directives; it also requires these facilities to provide community education on Advance Directives.

All healthcare facilities are required to:

• Provide information about health care decision-making rights. Patient rights include:

• The right to facilitate their own health care decision

• The right to accept or refuse medical treatment

• The right to make an advance health care directive

• Ask all patients if they have an advance directive.

• Educate their staff and community about advance directives.

• Not discriminate against patients based on an advance directive status.

I bet you didn't.