This course provides administrators with information about the hospice component of the minimum licensing standards or rules for Home and Community Support Services Agencies, or HCSSAs, which are regulated by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, or HHSC.
Unless otherwise stated, the doctrine in this course was sourced from the Texas Administrative Code, HHSC Title 26, Part One, Chapter 558 Licensing Standards for Home and Community Support Services Agencies, Subchapter H, Standards Specific to Agencies Licensed to Provide Hospice Services. Subchapters A through G are NOT included in this course but are available in other Relias library courses by searching for HCSAA or Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
This course provides administrators with information about the hospice component of the minimum licensing standards or rules for Home and Community Support Services Agencies, or HCSSAs, which are regulated by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, or HHSC. Unless otherwise stated, the doctrine in this course was sourced from the Texas Administrative Code, HHSC Title 26, Part One, Chapter 558 Licensing Standards for Home and Community Support Services Agencies, Subchapter H, Standards Specific to Agencies Licensed to Provide Hospice Services. Subchapters A through G are NOT included in this course but are available in other Relias library courses by searching for HCSAA or Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
Texas HHSC has determined that Relias Learning’s submitted training meets or exceeds the minimum standards for HCSSA administrator training in the following categories: Hospice. Texas HHSC also recognizes Relias Learning provides continuing education for administrators and alternate administrators. This activity is approved for 2.0000 contact hours.
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.
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