{"ref":"PA-HSP-GOV-05","title":"Closure, Suspension of Services and Change of Ownership","category":"Governance","summary":"Sets out what the Agency does if it plans to close, stop a service, suspend admissions or change ownership: the notices to the Department of Health, Medicare and Medical Assistance, the safe transfer of every patient, and the storage and access arrangements for records after closure.","inShort":["If the Agency or a service closes, no patient is left without care. Each patient is helped to move safely to another provider.","Patients get a written notice and a call from the team about their choices.","Clinical records are kept safe after closure and patients are told how to get copies.","The Department of Health is told at least 60 days before a service stops."],"primaryCitation":"28 Pa. Code §51.3(c)","citations":["28 Pa. Code §51.3(c)","28 Pa. Code §51.4","35 P.S. §448.809(a)(3)","55 Pa. Code §1101.51(e)","55 Pa. Code §1130.22(5)","55 Pa. Code §1130.52(c)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.104(d)","42 CFR §418.26","42 CFR §418.104(e)","42 CFR §424.516(e)-(f)","42 CFR §489.18"],"surveyorAsks":["If you closed tomorrow, what would happen to your patients?","Where would your clinical records be kept after closure, and who would people contact for copies?"],"forms":[{"ref":"PA-HSP-GOV-05-A","title":"Notice to Patients of Agency Closure or Suspension of Services"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (28 Pa. Code §51.3(c))","5. Planned Closure or Ending a Service","6. Unplanned Closure or Sudden Loss of Capacity","7. Change of Ownership or Name","8. Records After Closure","9. Responsibilities","10. Records and Compliance Monitoring","11. References","12. Related Policies and Forms","13. Approval","14. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"pa-hospice","state":"Pennsylvania","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}}