Requirements for Treating Medicare patients

Providers who treat Medicare patients are required to comply with state and federal regulations related to patient rights.

Advance directives
Providers are expected to inform patients of their right to formulate advance directives, and document in a prominent place in the medical record if a patient has executed an advance directive.

Go to the Advance directive information on the PriorityMedicare^SM member website.

Providers may not deny, limit, or condition the provision of services to Medicare members on the basis of:

• Claims experience
• Evidence of insurability (including conditions arising out of acts of domestic violence and disability)
• Genetic information
• Health status (end-stage renal disease excluded)
• Medical history
• Receipt of health care