Scope of Home Health Services and Services Offered
Defines the home health services Sample Agency, LLC provides under its Ohio skilled home health services license, using the Ohio statutory definitions and the federal requirement to offer skilled nursing and at least one other therapeutic service, at least one of them directly. Sets out where services are given, what the Agency does not provide, how services under arrangement fit in, the public information the Agency keeps about its services and their limits, and the steps for adding, changing or stopping a service, including written notice to the Ohio Department of Health within ten days.
- Policy number
- OH-HH-CS-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §484.105(f)
- Library
- Ohio home health · 59 policies
- Category
- Service delivery
- Sections
- 21
In short
- The Agency offers only the services the governing body has approved: companion or sitter services and personal care services.
- Care is given in the patient’s home, in the counties we serve: Franklin and Delaware Counties.
- If a patient needs a service we do not offer, tell the clinical manager so the patient can be referred.
- Never tell a patient or referral source that we provide a service that is not on the approved list.
- When a service is added or stopped, the Administrator tells the Ohio Department of Health in writing within ten days.
What's inside
21 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.105(f))
- 5. Services the Agency Offers
- 6. Services Provided Directly and Under Arrangement
- 7. Where Services Are Given
- 8. Services the Agency Does Not Provide
- 9. Specialty Services and Limitations
- 10. Public Information About Services
- 11. Coordination of Services
- 12. Ohio Medicaid Home Health Services
- 13. Adding, Changing, or Stopping a Service
- 14. Responsibilities
- 15. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 16. Staff Training
- 17. References
- 18. Related Policies and Forms
- 19. Approval
- 20. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Which services do you provide, and which do you provide directly rather than under arrangement?
- Show me the list of skilled services on your Ohio license application and tell me when it last changed.
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