Section 131.30. Professional management responsibility.

 

(1)   Responsibility. The hospice is responsible for providing services to the patient or family, or both, based on assessed need and as established by the plan of care.

(2)   Contract services. The hospice may contract with other providers for the provision of services to a patient or the patient's family, or both, in which case the hospice shall retain responsibility for the quality, availability, safety, effectiveness, documentation and overall coordination of the care provided to the patient or the patient's family, or both, as directed by the hospice plan of care. The hospice shall:

(a) Ensure that there is continuity of care for the patient or the patient's family, or both, in the relevant care setting.

(b) Be responsible for all services delivered to the patient or the patient's family, or both, through the contract. The written contract shall include all of the following:

1. Identification of the services to be provided.

2. Stipulation that services are to be provided only with the authorization of the hospice and as directed by the hospice plan of care for the patient.

3. The manner in which the contracted services are coordinated and supervised by the hospice.

4. The delineation of the roles of the hospice and service provider in the admission process, assessment, interdisciplinary group meetings and ongoing provision of palliative and supportive care.

5. A method of evaluation of the effectiveness of those contracted services through the quality assurance program under s. DHS 131.22 .

6. The qualifications of the personnel providing the services.

(c) Evaluate the services provided under a contractual arrangement on an annual basis.

History: CR 10-034 : cr. Register September 2010 No. 657 , eff. 10-1-10.