Contracted Services and Professional Management Responsibility
Sets out when the Agency may contract for hospice services, what every contract must say, and how the Agency keeps administrative and financial management and oversight of contracted staff and services so that the patient receives the same quality of care as from Agency employees.
About this policy
- Policy number
- TX-HSP-CON-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 26 TAC §558.854
- Library
- Texas hospice · 59 policies
- Category
- Business
- Sections
- 15
In short
- Contracted staff and companies must follow our policies and the patient’s plan of care.
- No contracted service starts until the care team has ordered it and it is in the plan of care.
- Contracted staff send their visit notes to us so they can be added to the patient record.
- Nursing, social work and counseling are given by our own employees, except in unusual short-term situations the Administrator approves.
- Tell the office the same day if a contracted service is late, missed or unsafe.
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 §558.854)
- 5. When Services May Be Contracted
- 6. Contract Contents
- 7. Oversight of Contracted Services
- 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
- Show me your contracts for therapy, DME, pharmacy and inpatient care. Does each require services to be authorized by the hospice and delivered per the plan of care?
- Do you contract any nursing or social work? Under what circumstances, and for how long?
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