{"ref":"TX-HSP-GOV-06","title":"Hospice Program, Scope of Services and Client Care Policies","category":"Governance","summary":"Describes the hospice program the Agency runs: whom it serves, where, which services it must provide and which must be available around the clock, which services are provided by employees and which may be contracted, and an index showing which Agency policy covers each client care element that 26 TAC §558.281 requires.","inShort":["Hospice care aims for comfort and dignity. The patient’s own goals come first.","Nursing, physician services and medicines must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.","Social work, counseling, aide, therapy, volunteer, inpatient care and equipment must be available around the clock when the patient needs them.","Nursing, social work and counseling are given by our own employees, except in unusual short-term situations.","If a patient needs something you cannot arrange, call the office at (512) 555-0100 or the on-call line at (512) 555-0199."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.850","citations":["26 TAC §558.850","26 TAC §558.281","26 TAC §558.801","26 TAC §558.830","26 TAC §558.840","26 TAC §558.2"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.100(a), (c)","42 CFR §418.64","42 CFR §418.70"],"surveyorAsks":["What services do you provide, and which are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week?","Which of your core services are provided by employees? Do you contract any of them, and why?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.850)","5. Services and Availability","6. Core Services Provided by Employees","7. Where Care Is Provided","8. Client Care Policies Index (26 TAC §558.281)","9. Responsibilities and 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}}