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Hospice Program, Scope of Services and Policy Management

Describes the Agency's hospice program (planned and continuous care under a physician's direction), the nine services Michigan requires a hospice to make available and how each is provided, where care is given, how policies are written, approved, reviewed (at least every 3 years, and every 24 months for bereavement, social work, counseling and volunteer policies) and recorded, and gives the index of this manual.

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About this policy
Policy number
MI-HSP-GOV-04
Version
1.0
Main rule
Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45345
Library
Michigan hospice · 59 policies
Category
Governance
Sections
18

In short

  • Hospice care at Sample Agency, LLC is planned and continuous, and a physician directs the medical side.
  • Nursing, social work and counseling are given by Agency employees. Other services may be given under contract.
  • Always use the current policy in the manual. If you are told a policy changed, read it before you next work.
  • Every policy is reviewed at least every 3 years; bereavement, social work, counseling and volunteer policies at least every 24 months.

What's inside

18 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 (Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45345; MCL 333.21415)
  • 5. Services and How They Are Provided
  • 6. Where Care Is Given
  • 7. Writing and Approving Policies
  • 8. Review Cycle
  • 9. Policies Michigan Requires in Writing
  • 10. Policy Index
  • 11. Responsibilities
  • 12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 13. Staff Training
  • 14. References
  • 15. Related Policies and Forms
  • 16. Approval
  • 17. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Which services do you provide directly and which under contract?
  • Show me your bereavement, social work, counseling and volunteer policies and the date the administrator last reviewed them.

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