Short-Term Inpatient and Respite Care Arrangements
Sets out how the Agency makes short-term inpatient care for pain control and symptom management, and inpatient respite care, available when it does not provide them itself: the contract with a licensed hospital, skilled nursing facility or inpatient hospice, the admission criteria, transport, the Medicare agreement contents and setting standards, the family’s right to be present, no discharge during a coordinated admission, records from the inpatient facility, and the 20 percent inpatient day limit.
About this policy
- Policy number
- GA-HSP-FAC-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.16(5)-(6)
- Library
- Georgia hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Hospice care
- Sections
- 17
In short
- When symptoms cannot be controlled at home, or the family needs respite, we arrange a contracted inpatient bed.
- Inpatient care needs a physician’s order and a documented reason.
- We arrange transport to and from the inpatient facility.
- Send the plan of care, orders and medication list with the patient, and stay in daily contact.
- A patient is never discharged from hospice during a coordinated hospital stay.
What's inside
17 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-.16(5)-(6); 42 CFR §418.108)
- 5. Settings That Qualify
- 6. The Written Agreement
- 7. Procedure for an Inpatient or Respite Stay
- 8. Training and Verification
- 9. Inpatient Day Limit
- 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 your contract for short-term inpatient and respite care. Is the facility licensed as a hospital, skilled nursing facility or inpatient hospice?
- For this patient’s inpatient stay, show me the physician’s order and the reason inpatient care was needed.
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