Hospice Policies & Procedures PATIENT CARE

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Hospice Policies & Procedures PATIENT CARE

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Hospice Policies and Procedures: Patient Care Table of Contents POLICY TITLE POLICY # Abbreviations Abuse, Neglect, Mistreatment and Exploitation Admission to Hospice Care Admission Orders Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage Advance Directives Attending Physicians Availability 24/7 Bereavement - Care Planning Bereavement - Files Bereavement - Mailings Bereavement - Services Bereavement - Tracking and Evaluation Certification of Terminal Illness Change of Designated Hospice Clinical Records Community Resources Complementary Therapies Comprehensive Assessment of the PAtient Comprehensive Assessment - Content Comprehensive Assessment - Initial Comprehensive Assessment - Patient Outcome Measures Comprehensive Assessments - Updates Continuation of Care PC.A10 PC.A15 PC.A20 PC.A25 PC.A35 PC.A40 PC.A45 PC.A50 PC.B10 PC.B15 PC.B20 PC.B30 PC.B35 PC.C05 PC.C10 PC.C15 PC.C25 PC.C30 PC.C31 PC.C32 PC.C33 PC.C34 PC.C35 PC.C36 1

POLICY TITLE POLICY # Continuity of Care Coordination of Services Core Services Death of a Hospice Patient Dietary Services Discharge from Hospice Care Documentation Requirements Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Election of the Medicare Hospice Benefit Eligibility for Hospice Care Face-to-Face Encounters Hazardous Waste Management and Disposal Homemaker Services Home Visit Procedure for Non-Hospice Employees Hospice Aide Assignments and Duties Hospice Aide In-service Training Hospice Aide Services Hospice Aide Supervision Hospice Care for Nursing Facility Residents Hospice Care for Nursing Facility Residents - Coordination of Services Hospice Care for Nursing Facility Residents - Hospice Plan of Care Hospice Care for Nursing Facility Residents Reporting Suspicion of a Crime Hospice Care for Nursing Facility Residents - Written Agreements Infection Control - Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan Infection Control - Education Infection Control - Hand Hygiene Infection Control - Personal Protective Equipment PC.C40 PC.C45 PC.C50 PC.D10 PC.D15 PC.D20 PC.D25 PC.D30 PC.E10 PC.E15 PC.F10 PC.H05 PC.H10 PC.H15 PC.H20 PC.H22 PC.H25 PC.H30 PC.H35 PC.H40 PC.H45 PC.H48 PC.H50 PC.I15 PC.I20 PC.I25 PC.I36 2

POLICY TITLE POLICY # Infection Control - Program Infection Control - Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions Interdisciplinary Group Interdisciplinary Group Meeting Laboratory - Services Levels of Care Levels of Care - Continuous Home Care Levels of Care - General Inpatient Care Levels of Care - Inpatient Respite Care Medical Device Reporting Medical Director Medical Supplies Medications - Administration Medications - Adverse Drug Reactions Medications - Crushing Medications Medications Drug Diversion Medications - Errors Medications - Financial Responsibility Medications - Labeling Medications - Management Medications - Orders Medications - Profile Medications - Use and Disposal of Controlled Substances Non-Discrimination - Communication Challenges Notification of Medicare Non-Coverage Nursing Services On-Call Services Pain and Symptom Management PC.I40 PC.I50 PC.I55 PC.I60 PC.L10 PC.L15 PC.L20 PC.L25 PC.L30 PC.M05 PC.M10 PC.M20 PC.M25 PC.M30 PC.M35 PC.M38 PC.M40 PC.M42 PC.M45 PC.M50 PC.M55 PC.M60 PC.M70 PC.N.02 PC.N10 PC.N15 PC.O10 PC.P10 3

POLICY TITLE POLICY # Patient / Family Education Patients Without Primary Caregivers Physical, Occupational, Speech and Other Therapies Physician Narratives Physician Orders Physician Services Plan of Care Plan of Care - Content Professional Management Readmission to Hospice Care Recertification of Terminal Illness Referrals from Acute Care Facilities Referrals to Hospice Care Revocation of the Medicare Hospice Benefit Safety - Home Visit Safety - Patient/Family Social Work Services Spiritual Care Services Standards of Practice Suicide Transfer of a Hospice Patient Traveling Hospice Patients Volunteers - Assignment Volunteers - Documentation Volunteers - Services PC.P15 PC.P20 PC.P25 PC.P28 PC.P30 PC.P35 PC.P40 PC.P45 PC.P50 PC.R05 PC.R10 PC.R12 PC.R13 PC.R15 PC.S10 PC.S15 PC.S20 PC.S25 PC.S30 PC.S35 PC.T10 PC.T15 PC.V10 PC.V15 PC.V20 4

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