{"ref":"GA-HSP-SW-01","title":"Medical Social Services","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Sets who may provide medical social services, the social worker’s place on every hospice care team, the psychosocial evaluation in the comprehensive assessment, the services social workers provide, physician direction, visit frequency and documentation.","inShort":["Every patient’s team has a licensed social worker.","The social worker completes the psychosocial evaluation within five days of admission.","Social work goals and visits go in the plan of care and are reviewed at every plan of care review.","If a family declines social work, record it and offer again later.","Tell the social worker about caregiver strain, money or housing worries, or any safety concern."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §418.64(c)","citations":["Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.03(dd)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.15(2)(c)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.15(3)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.14(2)(f)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.19(c)","O.C.G.A. §43-10A-1 et seq."],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.64(c)","42 CFR §418.114(b)(3)","42 CFR §418.54(c)","42 CFR §418.56(a)(1)(iii)","42 CFR §418.202(b)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the social worker on this patient’s hospice care team and evidence of his or her Georgia license.","Where is the psychosocial evaluation in this patient’s comprehensive assessment, and when was it completed?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §418.64(c))","5. Qualifications of Social Workers","6. Psychosocial Assessment","7. Services the Social Worker Provides","8. Physician Direction, Visits and Documentation","9. Responsibilities","10. Records and Compliance Monitoring","11. Staff Training","12. References","13. Related Policies and Forms","14. Approval","15. 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}}