Licensure, Inspections, Plans of Correction and Reporting Changes

Explains how the Agency keeps its Georgia hospice license valid: what changes need a new application at least 30 days in advance, how the license is displayed, how Department inspections and plans of correction are handled, annual licensure fees, waivers and variances, certificate of need status, and Medicare enrollment changes.

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About this policy

Policy number: GA-HSP-GOV-04
Version: 1.0
Main rule: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.04
Library: Georgia hospice · 60 policies
Category: Governance
Sections: 20

In short

Our Georgia hospice license must be displayed in the office and must match what we do today.
Changes of name, location, owner, services or added locations need a new application at least 30 days before.
Only call a service "hospice" if we are licensed to provide it.
Give surveyors full access to records, staff and patients, and call the Administrator.
A plan of correction is due within 10 days of receiving an inspection report.

What's inside

20 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 (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.04; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.05)
5. The License
6. Changes That Need a New Application
7. Licensure Activity Fees
8. Inspections and Investigations
9. Plans of Correction
10. Waivers, Variances and Enforcement
11. Certificate of Need
12. Medicare Enrollment Changes
13. Responsibilities
14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
15. Staff Training
16. References
17. Related Policies and Forms
18. Approval
19. Revision History

An inspector may ask

Where is your license displayed, and does it match your name, address, counties and services today?
Have you changed your name, location, ownership or scope of services? When did you file the new application?

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Rules it follows

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.04O.C.G.A. §31-7-170 et seq.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.05Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.10(1)(p)Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.25Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.26Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-25-.03Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-25-.06Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-2-2-.0142 CFR §424.516(e)42 CFR §418.116(a)42 CFR §420.206

Forms included

GA-HSP-GOV-04-A Licensure Change and Inspection Log

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