Initial and Comprehensive Assessment and Outcome Data

Sets out the assessment clocks and content: the registered nurse's initial assessment in the place of care within 48 hours of admission; the comprehensive assessment by all hospice employee members of the IDT, with the attending physician, within five days of admission; updates at least every 15 days; the factors each assessment must consider; and the Agency's patient outcome data elements, measured the same way for every patient. Where the federal clocks (which run from election) and the California clocks (which run from admission) differ, the earlier deadline is met.