Coordination of Services

A CHC that provides any of the services listed in 130 CMR 405.409 or 405.471 must coordinate these services with all other services at the CHC. Such coordination includes at a minimum (A) one central medical record for each member in which all health care services are recorded; (B) medical accountability to the CHC's professional services director; (C) administrative accountability to the CHC's manager; (D) participation in the CHC's quality assessment program (if the special group of services has its own plan for quality assessment, this plan must be approved by the professional services director who must also receive progress reports); (E) regular participation in the CHC's staff meetings and other appropriate activities by those professionals responsible for directing special services; and (F) familiarity with the CHC's policies, procedures, staff, and scope of services by all personnel employed through special programs.