HAR §17-1737-101. Hospice care

(a) Hospice care means care and services provided to a terminally ill individual by a hospice program in home, outpatient and inpatient settings. (b) The hospice shall retain professional management responsibility for services related to the terminal illness and shall ensure that they are furnished in a safe and effective manner by persons qualified to provide services, and in accordance with a plan of care as specified in section 17-1737-102. (c) Hospice services shall be provided by hospice employees or by staff contracted by the hospice and includes the following: (1) Nursing care and services by or under the supervision of a registered nurse; (2) Medical social services provided by a qualified social worker under the direction of a physician; (3) Physician services provided by physician employees of the hospice including physician members of the interdisciplinary team; (4) Counseling services available to both the individual and the family including the following: (A) Dietary, spiritual and any other counseling services for the individual and family while enrolled in the hospice; and (B) Bereavement counseling, provided after the patient's death; (5) Physical therapy services, occupational therapy services, and speech-language pathology services; (6) Home health aide and homemaker services to meet the needs of the patients; (7) Medical supplies and appliances including drugs and biologicals, provided as needed for the palliation and management of the terminal illness and related conditions; and (8) Inpatient care for pain control and symptom management provided in a participating medicaid facility. UNOFFICIAL 1737-110 (d) Coverage for hospice care shall be limited to two periods of ninety days each and subsequent periods of sixty days unless Medicare requirements for continuing services are not met. [Eff 08/01/94; am 09/17/07 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 42 U.S.C. §1396(a) and (d))