Medical Social Services
Sets out how the Agency provides medical social services: who may provide them, the psychosocial part of the comprehensive assessment and its 15-day updates, the help social workers give with caregiving, finances, benefits, advance care planning, safety and bereavement risk, and how social work is documented and supervised.
About this policy
- Policy number
- CA-HSP-SW-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §418.64(c)
- Library
- California hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 18
In short
- Every patient and family has a social worker on their team.
- The social worker helps with feelings, caregiving plans, money and benefits, and advance directives.
- Tell the social worker if the caregiver seems worn out, unsafe or unable to cope.
- If a family says no to social work, offer it again at the next team review.
- Only Agency-employed nurses, social workers, chaplains or counselors may counsel on choosing hospice.
What's inside
18 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (Health & Safety Code §§1746(o), 1749(d)(2); 42 CFR §418.64(c))
- 5. Qualifications and Supervision
- 6. Psychosocial Assessment
- 7. Social Work Services
- 8. Election Counseling and Referral Integrity
- 9. Frequency and Declined Services
- 10. Documentation
- 11. Responsibilities
- 12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 13. Staff Training
- 14. References
- 15. Related Policies and Forms
- 16. Approval
- 17. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the psychosocial assessment for this patient. When was it completed and updated?
- What are the qualifications of your social workers, and who supervises a social worker without a master's degree?
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