Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-19 - Hospice Care Programs › Section 3701-19-22.1 - Admission of non-hospice palliative care patients to hospice inpatient facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A hospice care
			 program that operates an inpatient hospice facility or unit may admit
			 non-hospice palliative care patients to the inpatient hospice facility or unit
			 for medically necessary care on a short-term basis in accordance with section
			 3712.10 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B)
								A hospice care program that operates an inpatient
			 hospice facility or unit that admits non-hospice palliative care patients shall
			 admit patients, provide care and services, and discharge or transfer patients
			 without discrimination on the basis of sex, age, race, creed, national origin,
			 or handicap.
(C)
								A hospice care program that operates an inpatient
			 hospice facility or unit that admits non-hospice palliative care patients shall
			 require that the non-hospice palliative care patient, or the patient's
			 authorized representative, sign an informed consent form. This form shall
			 include an acknowledgment by signature of the patient or patient's
			 representative, that they have been given a full explanation of the palliative
			 nature of the care they will receive while admitted to the facility or unit and
			 have been informed that the patient may withdraw consent at any
			 time.
(D)
								A hospice care program that operates an inpatient
			 hospice facility or unit that admits non-hospice palliative care patients shall
			 permit a patient to withdraw consent for inpatient care at any
			 time.
(E)
								A hospice care program that operates an inpatient
			 hospice facility or unit that admits non-hospice palliative care patients shall
			 provide a patient or the patient's representative with information regarding
			 the scope of services provided by the hospice inpatient facility or unit,
			 including any limitations of services and charges for the
			 services.
(F)
								Each hospice care program that operates an inpatient
			 hospice facility or unit that has admitted non-hospice palliative care patients
			 under section 3712.10 of the Revised Code or
			 intends to admit non-hospice palliative care patients under this Chapter, shall
			 provide a written attestation in accordance with paragraph (C)(8)(b) of rule
			 3701-19-03
			 of the Administrative Code by April 1, 2020.
(G)
								Each hospice care
			 program that operates an inpatient hospice facility or unit that admits
			 non-hospice palliative care patients in accordance with section
			 3712.10 of the Revised Code and
			 this chapter, shall ensure:
(1)
									The director has access to all facilities, services,
			 and records for non-hospice palliative care patients for the purpose of
			 inspections conducted pursuant to rule
			 3701-19-05 of the
			 Administrative Code; and
(2)
									All non-hospice palliative care patients and their
			 families or caregivers are included in the quality assurance and performance
			 improvement requirements set forth in paragraphs (D), (E), and (F) of rule
			 3701-19-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(a)
										The records associated with the quality assurance and
			 performance improvement program for non-hospice palliative care patients and
			 their families or caregivers may be maintained and reviewed separate from the
			 hospice care program quality assessment and performance improvement program;
			 and
(b)
										Beginning January 30, 2021, a report of the findings of
			 the quality assessment and performance improvement program review required by
			 this paragraph and the actions taken by the hospice care program to correct
			 identified problems, shall be submitted to the department of health in a manner
			 prescribed by the director.