{"ref":"PA-HSP-GOV-06","title":"Hospice Program, Scope of Services and Policy Index","category":"Governance","summary":"Defines what the Agency's hospice program is under Pennsylvania law, the services it provides directly and under arrangement, where care is given, and the round-the-clock availability rules. It also serves as the index that maps each Medicare Hospice Condition of Participation, which Pennsylvania uses as its licensure standard, to the Agency policy that carries it out.","inShort":["Hospice care aims for comfort and dignity. The patient's own needs and goals come first.","Nursing, physician services and medicines are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.","Nursing, social work and counseling are given by Agency employees, not contractors, except in unusual situations.","Care is never reduced or stopped because a Medicare or Medicaid patient cannot pay."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §418.100(a), (c)","citations":["35 P.S. §448.802a","28 Pa. Code §51.3(a), (l)","55 Pa. Code §1130.62","55 Pa. Code §1130.21(2)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.100(a), (c)-(d)","42 CFR §418.64","42 CFR §418.70","42 CFR §418.108","42 CFR §418.116"],"surveyorAsks":["What services does your hospice provide, and which do you provide directly by employees?","Which services are available 24 hours a day?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §418.100(a), (c))","5. Services and How They Are Provided","6. Core Services Provided Directly","7. Where Care Is Provided","8. Adding or Removing a Service","9. Policy Index","10. Responsibilities","11. Records and Compliance Monitoring","12. References","13. Related Policies and Forms","14. Approval","15. 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}}