[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR418.58]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE

                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

                             HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 418_HOSPICE CARE--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart C_Conditions of Participation_General Provisions and 

                             Administration

 

Sec. 418.58  Condition of participation--Plan of care.



    A written plan of care must be established and maintained for each 

individual admitted to a hospice program,



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and the care provided to an individual must be in accordance with the 

plan.

    (a) Standard: Establishment of plan. The plan must be established by 

the attending physician, the medical director or physician designee and 

interdisciplinary group prior to providing care.

    (b) Standard: Review of plan. The plan must be reviewed and updated, 

at intervals specified in the plan, by the attending physician, the 

medical director or physician designee and interdisciplinary group. 

These reviews must be documented.

    (c) Standard: Content of plan. The plan must include an assessment 

of the individual's needs and identification of the services including 

the management of discomfort and symptom relief. It must state in detail 

the scope and frequency of services needed to meet the patient's and 

family's needs.