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Hospice Program, Basic Services and Policy Index

Describes the hospice program the Agency runs: the seven basic services California requires every hospice to provide or arrange, the Medicare core and other services, optional and preliminary services, where care is given, how services are added or dropped, the description of services given to families, and an index mapping every written-policy duty in the California hospice law and regulations to the policy in this manual that meets it.

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About this policy
Policy number
CA-HSP-GOV-07
Version
1.0
Main rule
Cal. Health & Safety Code §1749(d)
Library
California hospice · 60 policies
Category
Governance
Sections
19

In short

  • Every patient can receive the seven basic hospice services: nursing, social services and counseling, medical direction, bereavement, volunteers, inpatient care arrangements and home health aide services.
  • Bereavement support is available to families for at least one year after a death.
  • Give every new patient or family the Description of Hospice Services.
  • Care is given wherever the patient lives inside the approved counties, including facilities.
  • Not sure which policy covers a rule? The policy index in this policy lists them all.

What's inside

19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (Health & Safety Code §1749(d))
  • 5. Basic Services and How the Agency Provides Them
  • 6. Preliminary Services and Palliative Care
  • 7. Where Care Is Given
  • 8. Adding, Dropping or Suspending a Service
  • 9. Description of Services for Patients and Families
  • 10. Policy Index
  • 11. Keeping the Manual Current
  • 12. Responsibilities
  • 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 14. Staff Training
  • 15. References
  • 16. Related Policies and Forms
  • 17. Approval
  • 18. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Which of the seven basic services do you provide directly and which do you arrange, and with whom?
  • Do you provide preliminary services or palliative care to patients who have not elected hospice?

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