{"ref":"TX-HSP-GOV-05","title":"Agency Closure, Suspension of Operations and Dissolution","category":"Governance","summary":"The Agency’s written contingency plan for dissolution: how patients are told and transferred safely, what HHSC and CMS must be told and when, how a temporary suspension of operations is handled, and how patient records are kept safe after the Agency stops operating.","inShort":["If Sample Hospice, LLC ever closes, no patient is left without care. Every patient is moved safely to another hospice first.","Patients and families get a written notice and a personal call explaining what will happen.","Medications, equipment and on-call coverage must be in place at the new hospice before our care ends.","A copy of the patient’s record goes with the patient to the new provider.","Patient records are kept safe after closure. Do not take or throw away any record."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.291","citations":["26 TAC §558.291","26 TAC §558.217","26 TAC §558.295","26 TAC §558.301(b)","26 TAC §558.216(a)","26 TAC §558.859(a)"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.104(d)","42 CFR §418.104(e)","42 CFR §418.26(e)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your written contingency plan for dissolution. How would you notify patients and document it?","If you closed, where would your patient records go, and who would be the custodian?"],"forms":[{"ref":"TX-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 (26 TAC §558.291)","5. Permanent Closure or Dissolution: Procedure","6. Voluntary Suspension of Operations","7. Patient Records After Closure","8. Responsibilities","9. Records and Compliance Monitoring","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}}