WAC 182-551-1350. Discharges from hospice care

(1) A hospice agency may discharge a client from hospice care when the: (a) Client is no longer certified for hospice care; (b) Client is no longer appropriate for hospice care; or (c) Hospice agency's medical director determines the client is seeking treatment for the terminal illness outside the plan of care (POC). (2) At the time of a client's discharge, a hospice agency must: (a) Within five business days, complete a Medicaid Hospice Notification form (HCA 13-746) and forward the form to the medicaid hospice program manager (see WAC 182-551-1400 for additional requirements), and a copy to the appropriate DSHS home and community services office (HCS) or community services office (CSO); (b) Keep the discharge statement in the client's hospice record; (c) Provide the client with a copy of the discharge statement; and (d) Inform the client that the discharge statement must be: (i) Presented with the client's current services card when obtaining medicaid-covered health care services or supplies, or both; and (ii) Used until the medicaid agency removes the hospice restriction from the client's information available online through the ProviderOne system.