{"ref":"FL-HSP-MD-01","title":"Medical Director and Physician Services","category":"Governance","summary":"Sets the Florida qualifications and written job description of the medical director (a Florida-licensed physician with admission privileges at a hospital serving the service area), the physician designee, the medical director’s ten duties under Rule 59A-38.008, 24-hour physician on-call coverage, physician services policies, and how hospice physicians work with each patient’s attending physician.","inShort":["Dr. Morgan Sample, our medical director, directs the medical care of all patients.","When the medical director is not available, Dr. Riley Sample covers.","A hospice physician is on call 24 hours a day. Call the attending physician first, then the on-call hospice physician.","Follow the medical director’s written symptom control protocols.","If you cannot reach any physician, call the medical director, then the designee, and tell the Administrator."],"primaryCitation":"Rule 59A-38.008, F.A.C.","citations":["s. 400.6105(1), (3), F.S.","Rule 59A-38.008(1)-(4), F.A.C.","Rule 59A-38.001(6), F.A.C.","s. 400.609(1)(a), F.S.","s. 400.6095(2), (5)-(6), F.S.","Rule 59A-38.003(3)(a), F.A.C.","Rule 59A-38.004(3)(a)5.a., 7., (3)(c), F.A.C.","Rule 59A-38.006(1), F.A.C.","s. 408.809(1)(e), F.S.","Rule 59A-35.090(4)(b), F.A.C."],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.102","42 CFR §418.64(a)","42 CFR §418.3","42 CFR §418.22(c)","42 CFR §418.26(b)","42 CFR §418.114(b)(1), (d)","42 CFR §418.205"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the medical director’s Florida license, hospital admission privileges and job description.","Who covers when the medical director is not available? Show me the written designation."],"forms":[{"ref":"FL-HSP-MD-01-A","title":"Medical Director and Physician Designee Appointment"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (s. 400.6105(1), F.S.; Rule 59A-38.008, F.A.C.; 42 CFR §418.102)","5. Qualifications and Appointment","6. Duties of the Medical Director","7. Working With Attending Physicians","8. Physician Services Policies","8.1 Orientation and support of hospice physicians","8.2 Physician on call 24 hours a day","8.3 Review of clinical practices","9. Additional Hospice Physicians","10. Responsibilities","11. Records and Compliance Monitoring","12. Staff Training","13. References","14. Related Policies and Forms","15. Approval","16. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"fl-hospice","state":"Florida","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}}