{"ref":"GA-HSP-IDG-01","title":"Hospice Care Team (Interdisciplinary Group)","category":"Hospice care","summary":"Sets out how the Agency designates a hospice care team (the interdisciplinary group) for each patient, its required members under Georgia rules (physician, registered nurse, social worker, clergy or other counselor, and volunteers) and Medicare, the RN coordinator, how the team meets as a group to review each plan of care at intervals of no more than 15 days, and how meetings are recorded.","inShort":["Every patient has a hospice care team: physician, RN, social worker, clergy or other counselor, and volunteers.","Each patient has a named RN coordinator.","The team meets as a group at least every 14 days so no plan of care goes more than 15 days without review.","A written report does not replace taking part. Join in person or by live call or video.","Record who took part and what was decided on Form GA-HSP-IDG-01-A."],"primaryCitation":"Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.15(1)-(2)","citations":["Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.15(1)-(2)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.15(3)(b), (5)(c)-(d)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.03(e), (n), (dd), (ff)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.17(2)(d)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.08(3)(g)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.56(a)","42 CFR §418.114(b)"],"surveyorAsks":["Who is on this patient’s hospice care team? Show me the volunteer member.","Show me the minutes of the last two team meetings at which this patient’s plan of care was reviewed, with the names of those participating."],"forms":[{"ref":"GA-HSP-IDG-01-A","title":"Hospice Care Team Meeting Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.15(1)-(2))","5. Membership","6. Designating Teams","7. Team Meetings","8. Meeting Record","9. Communication","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":"ga-hospice","state":"Georgia","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}}