77 Ill. Adm. Code 280.2000
Hospice Service Plan
Section 280
Section 280.2000Â Hospice
Service Plan
a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Each hospice program shall develop an annual hospice service
plan detailing the specific hospice services offered, and the administrative
and direct care personnel responsible for those services. The hospice service
plan shall include, but not be limited to:
1)
Identification of the person or persons administratively
responsible for the program
.
2)
The
estimated average monthly patient census
.
3)
The
proposed geographic area the hospice will serve
.
4)
A listing of those hospice services provided directly by
the hospice, and those hospice services provided indirectly through a
contractual agreement
.
5)
The names and qualifications of those persons or entities
under contract to provide indirect hospice services
.
6)
The name and qualifications of those persons providing
direct hospice services, with the exception of volunteers
.
7)
A description of how the hospice plans to utilize
volunteers in the provision of hospice services
.
8)
A description of the program's
clinical
record-keeping
system
for the licensed hospice program location and any multiple hospice
locations. (Section 3(j) of the Act)
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Comprehensive
hospices that operate from multiple hospice locations shall comply with the
following:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
hospice must be able to exert the supervision and control necessary at each
location to assure that all hospice care and services continue to be responsive
to the needs of the patient/family at all times and in all settings;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Each location
must provide the same full range of services that is required of the hospice to
which the license was issued;
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Each
patient must be assigned to a specific hospice care team responsible for
ongoing assessment, planning, monitoring, coordination and provision of care;
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
hospice medical director must assume overall responsibility for the medical
component of the hospice's patient care program at all locations;
5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Each
location must be responsible to the same governing body and central administration
that governs the hospice to which the license was issued, and the governing
body and central administration must be able to manage the location adequately
and to assure quality of care at the location; and
6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â All
hospice patients' clinical records requested by the surveyor must be available
at the hospice site to which the license was issued.