QAPI Program Utilization_Manual

CLIENT’S SUMMARY REPORTS POLICY Home Health Care staff and interdisciplinary team members who provide Home Health Care Services and maintain liaison with each other. PURPOSES 1.To ensure coordination of client’s Home Health Care Services. 2.To ensure that the efforts of the Home Health Care Staff and interdisciplinary team members to provide services effectively complement one another and support the objectives outlines in the client’s Plan of Care. PROCEDURES 1. Pertinent factors regarding a client are drawn from relevant clinical and progress notes and submitted on a Summary report to the client’s physician. 2. The Home Health Care Registered Nurse: a. Completes a Report of Professional Worker - Medical Orders and Request for Home Health Services for each client at least every 60 days b. Mails a copy of the completed Report of Professional Worker to the client’s attending physician at lease every 60 days. c. Places the original copy of the completed Report of Professional Worker in the client’s clinical record at least every 60 days. 3. The Director of Nursing, Clinical Manager of Home Health Care monitors summary reports to ensure: a. Adequate documentation b. Accuracy of content c. Their time-lines d. Appropriate mailing of the report 44