Short-Term Inpatient Care Arrangements
Sets out how the Agency makes short-term inpatient care available for pain control, symptom management and respite: the settings that qualify, the written agreement each facility must sign, telling Medical Assistance recipients before admission which facilities the Agency uses, the steps for every inpatient stay, training and verification, and the Medicare inpatient day limit.
About this policy
- Policy number
- PA-HSP-FAC-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §418.108
- Library
- Pennsylvania hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Hospice care
- Sections
- 19
In short
- When pain or symptoms cannot be managed at home, or the family needs respite, we place the patient only in a facility we have a written agreement with.
- The facilities we use are: Sample General Hospital and Sample Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
- Send the plan of care, orders, medication list, code status and advance directives with the patient.
- Keep visiting and managing the hospice care during the stay, and document every contact.
- At discharge, get the facility's discharge summary and a copy of its record for our file.
What's inside
19 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 §418.108)
- 5. Settings That Qualify
- 5.1 Respite nursing
- 6. The Written Agreement
- 7. Telling Patients Which Facilities the Agency Uses
- 8. Procedure for an Inpatient Stay
- 9. Training and Verification
- 10. Inpatient Day Limit
- 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
- Where would you place a patient tonight whose pain cannot be controlled at home?
- Show me the agreement with that hospital and how you check that it is being followed.
See Cura Core with your agency's name on it.
Choose your state and type of agency, buy your Policy Pack online and get your sign-in by email. Already a customer? Sign in to your portal.