{"ref":"TX-HSP-GOV-04","title":"Licensure, Medicare Enrollment and Reporting Changes","category":"Governance","summary":"Keeps the Agency’s license and, if certified, its Medicare enrollment accurate by setting out every change that must be reported to HHSC or CMS, the deadline the rule sets for each, and who files it, and by covering display of the license, the service area, and use of the word hospice.","inShort":["Our hospice license must be displayed where people can see it. Never change or mark it.","Changes such as a new phone number, office hours, name or Administrator must be reported to the state within strict time limits. Tell the Administrator the same day.","Do not start a new service or move the office until the Administrator confirms the state has been told.","We only serve patients in our licensed area: Travis and Williamson Counties. Ask before you visit anyone outside it.","Only a licensed hospice may use the word hospice. Use only the Agency’s approved name and materials."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.208","citations":["26 TAC §558.208","26 TAC §558.211","26 TAC §558.212","26 TAC §558.213","26 TAC §558.214","26 TAC §558.215","26 TAC §558.216","26 TAC §558.218","26 TAC §558.219","26 TAC §558.220","26 TAC §558.256(o)-(p)","26 TAC §558.257(b)","26 TAC §558.801(e)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §424.516(e)","42 CFR §418.116(a)","42 CFR §420.206"],"surveyorAsks":["Where is your license displayed? Is every Notification of Change posted beside it?","When did your Administrator last change, and when did you report it to HHSC?"],"forms":[{"ref":"TX-HSP-GOV-04-A","title":"Licensure and Enrollment Change Log"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.208)","5. What Must Be Reported, and When","6. Medicare Enrollment Changes","7. Service Area Rules for Day-to-Day Practice","8. Use of the Word Hospice","9. Responsibilities and Records","10. References","11. Related Policies and Forms","12. Approval","13. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-hospice","state":"Texas","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 Hospice","legalName":"Sample Hospice, LLC","logo":null}}