Contracted Services and Professional Management Responsibility
Sets out which services the Agency must provide with its own employees, when it may contract, the terms every Michigan hospice contract must contain (including signature by the administrator, care according to the hospice plan of care and a ban on fee sharing with referral sources), and how the Agency keeps responsibility for and monitors contracted services.
About this policy
- Policy number
- MI-HSP-CON-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45349
- Library
- Michigan hospice · 59 policies
- Category
- Business
- Sections
- 14
In short
- Nursing, social work and counseling are given by Agency employees. Contract staff only fill in for short, unusual situations.
- Contract workers follow the Agency's plan of care and the Agency's policies.
- The Agency stays responsible for all care, even when a contractor gives it.
- Contract workers may not ask patients for extra payment. No one shares fees with a referral source.
What's inside
14 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45349; 42 CFR §418.100(e))
- 5. What May Be Contracted
- 6. Required Contract Terms
- 7. Approval and Monitoring
- 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 contracts. Which services do you contract for, and why?
- Do you ever contract for nursing or social work? Under what circumstances?
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