Plan of Treatment, Plan of Care, and Plan for Personal Care Services

Sets out how the Agency writes, signs, follows, reviews, and changes each patient’s plan: the plan of treatment (plan of care for Medicare and Medi-Cal agencies) for every patient whose care requires medical orders, approved and signed by the attending practitioner within 30 working days and reviewed at least every 62 days, with the 14 required elements (22 CCR §74697(a)-(b)); the written plan for personal care services for patients without a physician’s plan (§74697(f)); telling patients in advance of changes (§74743(c)); and, if the Agency is Medicare-certified, the federal plan of care content, review at least every 60 days, communication of revisions, and written information to the patient (42 CFR §484.60).