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Applies to: VNSNY Certified Home Health Agency
Service: VNSNY Certified Home Health Agency
Policy Section: Provider Services Administration
Number: CP.130
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POLICY TITLE: Admission to Home Care
PURPOSE:
To delineate standards and a process by which a patient is evaluated and
accepted for admission to VNSNY Home Care.
To comply with Medicare Conditions of Participation requirements for patients to
be accepted for treatment on the basis of a reasonable expectation that the
patient’s medical, nursing and social needs can be met safely and adequately by
the Agency in the patient's place of residence (§484.60) and to comply with
Medicare Conditions of Participation requirement regarding Patients’ Rights and
Notices about these Rights (§484.50)
To comply with Title 10 NYCRR, Article 7- Certified Home Health Agencies,
section 763.5 Patient Referral, Admission and Discharge.
DEFINITIONS:
Informal supports or other community supports means friends, relatives or
associates of the patient, whether compensated or not, unaffiliated with the
agency, who are able, available and willing to provide needed care, support and
other services to the patient during the periods agency personnel are not
present. Such supports may include personnel of an adult care facility in which
the patient resides.
Patient who can be left alone means an individual who, based on his/her
physical, mental and cognitive capability, does not require the continuous
presence of another individual to meet his/her minimal ongoing health and safety
requirements.
Patient who is able to call for help means an individual who is physically,
mentally and cognitively capable of initiating effective communication to
individuals outside the immediate presence of the patient who can provide timely
assistance to the patient.
Approved: SVP, Patient Care Services; Professional Advisory Committee
Revised/Reviewed: 5/2016, 3/2017, 12/2017, 12/2018
