TX Hospice HCSSA Licensing Rules

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: Subchapter H, Divisions 1, 2, and 3

General Provisions

Initial Assessment

Comprehensive Assessment

Review

Update and Outcome Measures

Interdisciplinary Team

Plan of Care and Review

Coordination of Services

Review

Summary

Section 3: Subchapter H, Divisions 4 and 5

Provision of Core Services

Physician and Nursing Services

Medical Social Services

Counseling Services

Non-Core Services

Aide Services

Aide Qualifications

Homemaker Services and Qualifications

State Medicaid Personal Care Benefit

Review

Summary

Section 4: Subchapter H, Division 6

Organization and Administration of Services

Licensed Person, Governing Body, and Administrator

Infection Control Program

Management Responsibility and Background Checks

Alternate Delivery Sites

Staff Training and Medical Director

Review

Discharge or Transfer of Care

Drugs, Biologicals, Supplies, and DME

Short-Term Inpatient Care

Review

Summary

Section 5: Subchapter H, Division 7 and 8

Inpatient Unit Staffing

Inpatient Physical Environment

Restraint or Seclusion

Care for Residents of Other Inpatient Facilities

Review

Summary

Section 6: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor

References

 

Ed has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and his areas of expertise are emergency and critical care, skilled nursing, behavioral health, occupational health and safety, and home care. Ed served in several senior nursing leadership roles to include: Emergency Services Director, Physician Practices Director and Administrative Director of Nursing at the executive level. Ed is certified in LEAN Healthcare efficiency fundamentals and tactics which he has successfully deployed over the years in multiple settings resulting in cost savings, improved quality, and patient safety. He earned his Diploma in Nursing from St. Vincent’s School of Nursing in Staten Island, New York in 1990 and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 2006. Ed is retired from the U.S. Coast Guard with 34 years. Disclosure: Edward Bartels, RN, BSN, MICN has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.