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ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services

MontanaregulationMontana Department of Public Health and Human Services· effective 2009-09-25

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The contract must specify each party's role in the timely reporting of adverse reactions to treatment, medical symptoms, or abnormal lab values, and timely reporting of patient noncompliance with the infusion regimen ((1)(b)(vii)-(viii)).(ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services)
  • 2The contract must specify each party's role in patient care conferences and discharge planning ((1)(b)(ix)-(x)).(ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services)
  • 3The contract must specify each party's role in the development, review, and revision of the patient medical record and the provision of clinical services ((1)(b)(v)-(vi)).(ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services)
  • 4The contract must describe the services to be provided by each party ((1)(a)).(ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services)
  • 5The contract must specify each party's responsibilities in the provision, coordination, supervision, and evaluation of care, including roles in the patient admission and assessment processes ((1)(b)(i)-(ii)).(ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services)
  • 6Where the agency directly provides either home infusion therapy or skilled nursing services and arranges for the other, the parties must enter into a written contract defining the nature and scope of each party's services ((1)).(ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services)
  • 7The contract must specify each party's role in patient education and in the development, review, and revision of the patient plan of care ((1)(b)(iii)-(iv)).(ARM 37.106.2404 — Home Infusion Therapy Agency: Responsibility for Services)

Applies to: home health

Requires a licensed home infusion therapy agency that directly provides either infusion or skilled nursing services and arranges for the other to enter a written contract with the arranging party. The contract must define the nature/scope of each party's services and specify each party's responsibilities across admission, assessment, education, plan-of-care, medical record, clinical services, adverse-event reporting, care conferences, and discharge planning. Framework topic: Service Coordination / Contracted Services & Care Responsibility.

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