Services Under Arrangement and Independent Contractors
Requires a written contract for every service the Agency provides through an independent contractor or another organization, sets out what the contract must say, and keeps the Agency responsible for admission, care planning, supervision, background checks, and quality of those services.
About this policy
- Policy number
- TX-HH-GOV-04
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 26 TAC §558.289
- Library
- Texas home health · 56 policies
- Category
- Governance
- Sections
- 14
In short
- Contracted nurses, therapists, and aides follow the same policies as employees.
- Patients are accepted only by Sample Home Health Agency, LLC, never by a contractor.
- No contracted person may see a patient until their background and registry checks are on file with us.
- Contracted staff take part in care planning and report changes in a patient’s condition to the supervising nurse.
- Turn in your visit notes on time. They become part of our clinical record.
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 (26 TAC §558.289)
- 5. What Every Contract Contains
- 6. Procedure
- 7. Responsibilities
- 8. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 9. Staff Training
- 10. References
- 11. Related Policies and Forms
- 12. Approval
- 13. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the written contract for your contracted physical therapist. Where does it say that patients are accepted only by the Agency?
- How do you make sure a contracted aide had registry and criminal history checks before seeing a patient?
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