Medical Director and Physician Services
Sets the Florida qualifications and written job description of the medical director (a Florida-licensed physician with admission privileges at a hospital serving the service area), the physician designee, the medical director’s ten duties under Rule 59A-38.008, 24-hour physician on-call coverage, physician services policies, and how hospice physicians work with each patient’s attending physician.
About this policy
- Policy number
- FL-HSP-MD-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Rule 59A-38.008, F.A.C.
- Library
- Florida hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Governance
- Sections
- 20
In short
- Dr. Morgan Sample, our medical director, directs the medical care of all patients.
- When the medical director is not available, Dr. Riley Sample covers.
- A hospice physician is on call 24 hours a day. Call the attending physician first, then the on-call hospice physician.
- Follow the medical director’s written symptom control protocols.
- If you cannot reach any physician, call the medical director, then the designee, and tell the Administrator.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (s. 400.6105(1), F.S.; Rule 59A-38.008, F.A.C.; 42 CFR §418.102)
- 5. Qualifications and Appointment
- 6. Duties of the Medical Director
- 7. Working With Attending Physicians
- 8. Physician Services Policies
- 8.1 Orientation and support of hospice physicians
- 8.2 Physician on call 24 hours a day
- 8.3 Review of clinical practices
- 9. Additional Hospice Physicians
- 10. Responsibilities
- 11. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 12. Staff Training
- 13. References
- 14. Related Policies and Forms
- 15. Approval
- 16. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the medical director’s Florida license, hospital admission privileges and job description.
- Who covers when the medical director is not available? Show me the written designation.
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