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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 558LICENSING STANDARDS FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER HSTANDARDS SPECIFIC TO AGENCIES LICENSED TO PROVIDE HOSPICE SERVICES
DIVISION 2INITIAL AND COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF A HOSPICE
RULE §558.813Hospice Client Outcome Measures

(a) The comprehensive assessment must include data elements that allow the hospice to measure client outcomes. The hospice must measure and document data in the same way for all clients.

(b) The data elements must:

  (1) consider aspects of care related to hospice and palliation;

  (2) be an integral part of the comprehensive assessment;

  (3) be documented by the hospice in a systematic and retrievable way for each client;

  (4) be used by the hospice in individual client care planning and in the coordination of a client's services; and

  (5) be used in the aggregate for the hospice's quality assessment and performance improvement program.


Source Note: The provisions of this §558.813 adopted to be effective October 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 6628; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the April 12, 2019 issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 1893

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