Community Education Requirements

130.6 - Community Education Requirements (Rev. 77, Issued: 10-28-05, Effective Date: 10-28-05) The Medicare cost plan must provide for community education regarding advance directives either directly or in concert with other providers or entities. Separate community education materials may be developed and used, at the discretion of the Medicare cost plan, for separate parts of the community. Although the same written materials are not required for all settings, the material should define what constitutes an advance directive, emphasizing that an advance directive is designed to enhance an incapacitated individual’s control over medical treatment, and describe applicable state law concerning advance directives. A Medicare cost plan must be able to document its community education efforts.