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Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22) - HCBS Elderly Waiver Service Providers: Incident Management and Reporting

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What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The provider must ensure the staff member reports as much information as is known about a major incident to the member's managed care organization or the department by the end of the next calendar day after the incident using the specified format. (Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22))(Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22) - HCBS Elderly Waiver Service Providers: Incident Management and Reporting)
  • 2The provider must submit follow-up incident reports until the case manager is satisfied with the resolution of the incident and maintain centralized documentation of incidents. (Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22))(Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22) - HCBS Elderly Waiver Service Providers: Incident Management and Reporting)
  • 3The provider must classify an occurrence as a major incident when it results in physician-treated or hospital-admission injury, the death of any person, emergency mental health treatment, law enforcement intervention, a required child or dependent adult abuse report, a serious medication error, or a consumer's location being unknown to staff assigned protective oversight. (Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22))(Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22) - HCBS Elderly Waiver Service Providers: Incident Management and Reporting)
  • 4The provider must ensure staff report a minor incident by submitting a completed incident report to the staff member's supervisor within 72 hours of the incident. (Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22))(Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22) - HCBS Elderly Waiver Service Providers: Incident Management and Reporting)
  • 5The provider must ensure that, by the end of the next calendar day after a major incident, the staff member who observed or first became aware of the incident notifies the staff member's supervisor, the consumer or legal guardian, and the consumer's case manager. (Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22))(Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-77.33(22) - HCBS Elderly Waiver Service Providers: Incident Management and Reporting)

Applies to: home and community-based services; personal care / home care providers serving HCBS waiver consumers

Iowa HCBS waiver provider rule 441-77.33(22) requires HCBS providers to identify, document, and report minor and major incidents involving consumers, with defined timeframes and notification recipients, plus follow-up reporting until case-manager resolution.

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