{"ref":"LA-HH-CS-01","title":"Scope of Home Health Services and Services Provided Directly","category":"Patient care","summary":"Defines the home health services the Agency offers, which services it provides directly with its own employees and which under written contract, the qualifications behind each service, the rule that skilled nursing plus at least one other service is always available, the rule that administration and one other service are always provided directly, and the safeguards that keep patients from unsafe clinical practices.","inShort":["We always offer skilled nursing plus at least one other home health service.","Our services are: companion or sitter services and personal care services. Do not promise a service that is not on this list.","Do a treatment only if your competency in it is documented first.","Aides do not drive patients, do general housekeeping or shop.","Patient care is available 24 hours a day; the after-hours number is (225) 555-0199."],"primaryCitation":"LAC 48:I §9101","citations":["LAC 48:I §9101","R.S. 40:2116.31(B)(4)","R.S. 40:2116.31(B)(5)","R.S. 40:2116.33","LAC 48:I §9127","LAC 48:I §9118.E.2","LAC 48:I §9115.A","LAC 48:I §9115.B.1.o","LAC 48:I §9115.B.1.p","LAC 48:I §9115.B.1.r","LAC 48:I §9103.K.1.a","LAC 48:I §9123.F.1"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.105(f)","42 CFR §484.105(i)(2)","42 CFR §484.75"],"surveyorAsks":["Which services do you provide directly, and which under contract? Show me the contracts.","Does each branch offer every service the parent office offers?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (LAC 48:I §9101)","5. Services the Agency Offers","6. Services Provided Directly and Under Contract","7. What Home Health Services Do Not Include","8. Specialty Services and Special Qualifications","9. Availability of Services","10. Accurate Public Information About Services","11. Standards of Practice","12. Responsibilities","13. Records and Compliance Monitoring","14. Staff Training","15. References","16. Related Policies and Forms","17. Approval","18. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"la-hha","state":"Louisiana","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}