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Utah Medicaid Provider Manual — Personal Care Services, Ch. 8-2 (RN Supervision of Personal Care Services)
Utahsub-regulatoryUtah Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Integrated Healthcare (Medicaid)
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1The agency must ensure the care plan is signed by an RN and included in the agency's permanent record for the member. (Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.2)(Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.2)
- 2The agency's professional staff must promptly alert the physician of any changes in the member's condition that suggest a need to alter the care plan. (Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2)(Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2)
- 3The agency must ensure that a registered nurse (RN) supervises the provision of Personal Care Services. (Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.1)(Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.1)
- 4The agency must ensure an RN performs a new nursing assessment and the plan of care is reviewed and revised as medically appropriate at least every 60 days. (Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.2)(Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.2)
- 5The agency must ensure the RN makes a supervisory visit to the member's residence at least once every 60 days to observe and assess care provision. (Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.3)(Personal Care Services Manual, Ch. 8-2.3)
Applies to: personal care (home-based Personal Care Services delivered by licensed home health or personal care agencies)
Utah Medicaid's Personal Care Services manual requires that a registered nurse supervise the provision of PCS, perform a nursing assessment and make a supervisory visit to the member's residence at least every 60 days, and sign the care plan retained in the agency's permanent record.
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