{"ref":"TX-HH-BUS-01","title":"Financial Solvency, Institutional Planning, and Business Records","category":"Business","summary":"Requires the Agency to keep enough money to meet payroll, never to pay staff with checks that bounce, to keep business records in their original state and available to HHSC, and, if Medicare-certified, to prepare and review each year an operating budget and a capital expenditure plan.","inShort":["We always keep enough money to pay staff in full and on time.","Never use correction fluid or tape on any Agency record. Cross out an error with one line, then initial and date it.","Never remove or replace a page in a business record.","Business records must be shown to HHSC when they ask.","If you are ever paid with a check that bounces, tell the Administrator at once."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.252","citations":["26 TAC §558.252","26 TAC §558.241","26 TAC §558.243"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.105(a)","42 CFR §484.105(h)"],"surveyorAsks":["Has any staff paycheck ever been returned for insufficient funds?","Show me your business records. Have any been altered with correction fluid or tape?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.252)","5. Procedure","6. Business Records Kept","7. Responsibilities","8. Records and Compliance Monitoring","9. Staff Training","10. References","11. Related Policies and Forms","12. Approval","13. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-lhhs","state":"Texas","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 Home Health Agency","legalName":"Sample Home Health Agency, LLC","logo":null}}