{"ref":"CA-HSP-SW-01","title":"Medical Social Services","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Sets out how the Agency provides medical social services: who may provide them, the psychosocial part of the comprehensive assessment and its 15-day updates, the help social workers give with caregiving, finances, benefits, advance care planning, safety and bereavement risk, and how social work is documented and supervised.","inShort":["Every patient and family has a social worker on their team.","The social worker helps with feelings, caregiving plans, money and benefits, and advance directives.","Tell the social worker if the caregiver seems worn out, unsafe or unable to cope.","If a family says no to social work, offer it again at the next team review.","Only Agency-employed nurses, social workers, chaplains or counselors may counsel on choosing hospice."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §418.64(c)","citations":["Cal. Health & Safety Code §1746(o)","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1749(d)(2)","Cal. Health & Safety Code §1746.50(b)-(c)","22 CCR §74800(a)(31)(C)","22 CCR §74864(b)(2)(G)-(J), (c)","22 CCR §74868(c)(17)-(18), (h)","22 CCR §74892(p)","Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §4990 et seq."],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.64(c)","42 CFR §418.114(b)(3), (9), (10)","42 CFR §418.56(a)(1)(iii)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the psychosocial assessment for this patient. When was it completed and updated?","What are the qualifications of your social workers, and who supervises a social worker without a master's degree?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Health & Safety Code §§1746(o), 1749(d)(2); 42 CFR §418.64(c))","5. Qualifications and Supervision","6. Psychosocial Assessment","7. Social Work Services","8. Election Counseling and Referral Integrity","9. Frequency and Declined Services","10. Documentation","11. Responsibilities","12. Records and Compliance Monitoring","13. Staff Training","14. References","15. Related Policies and Forms","16. Approval","17. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"ca-hospice","state":"California","service":"Hospice","guides":[{"path":"/guides/hospice-policies/","h1":"What policies are required for hospice?"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Hospice Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}