Patient List and Service Records
Requires a current list of patients for each licensed category of service, showing each patient’s name, record number, start-of-care date, certification period, diagnoses, and the disciplines serving them, including contracted services, and explains how the list is kept current, protected, used in an emergency, and produced to surveyors.
About this policy
- Policy number
- TX-HH-REC-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 26 TAC §558.293
- Library
- Texas home health · 56 policies
- Category
- Records
- Sections
- 15
In short
- The office keeps a current list of every patient we serve, with their services and disciplines.
- Tell the office the same day a patient starts, stops, or changes a service or discipline.
- Each patient has an emergency triage level on the list. Know the level of your patients.
- The list is confidential. Never email it or leave a printed copy where others can see it.
What's inside
15 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.293)
- 5. Keeping the List Current
- 6. Service Records
- 7. Use in an Emergency and at Survey
- 8. Responsibilities
- 9. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 10. Staff Training
- 11. References
- 12. Related Policies and Forms
- 13. Approval
- 14. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Give me your current patient list for home health. Does it include patients served under contract?
- Which disciplines are seeing this patient, and when did care start?
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