Organizational Structure, Service Area and Multiple Locations
Requires a current written organizational structure with clear lines of authority, defines the Agency’s service area by county, and sets the conditions and supervision for any additional hospice location or hospice care facility, including the Georgia single-license criteria and Medicare approval.
About this policy
- Policy number
- GA-HSP-GOV-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.04(14)
- Library
- Georgia hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Governance
- Sections
- 16
In short
- Check the organizational chart to see who you report to and who to call.
- We only serve patients who live in our licensed counties: Fulton and DeKalb Counties.
- If a referral lives outside these counties, tell intake. Do not admit the patient.
- If a patient plans to move, tell the nurse who coordinates care so a safe transfer can be planned.
- Every location follows the same policies and the same supervision as the main office.
What's inside
16 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.04(14); 42 CFR §418.100(f))
- 5. Organizational Structure
- 6. Service Area
- 7. Additional Locations
- 7.1 Supervision of additional locations
- 7.2 Hospice care facilities
- 8. Responsibilities
- 9. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 10. References
- 11. Related Policies and Forms
- 12. Approval
- 13. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me your organizational chart. Who supervises the nurses, aides and volunteers?
- Which counties are you licensed to serve, and how do you check a new patient lives in your service area?
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