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COMAR 10.07.10.14 — Patient's Bill of Rights (Home Health Agencies)
MarylandregulationMaryland Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1Provide a mechanism for receipt and timely investigation of written complaints in which service is not disrupted by filing a complaint, complete files on source/category/disposition are maintained, a summary report is presented to the professional advisory group at regular meetings, and a summary report is made available to the Department at least annually and to the public on request (§D).(COMAR 10.07.10.14 — Patient's Bill of Rights (Home Health Agencies))
- 2Provide for the patient's right to refuse any portion of planned treatment without relinquishing other portions, except where medical contraindications to partial treatment exist (§C).(COMAR 10.07.10.14 — Patient's Bill of Rights (Home Health Agencies))
- 3To the extent reasonably possible, provide for the patient's being consulted in implementation of the home health care plan, including its likely outcome (§B).(COMAR 10.07.10.14 — Patient's Bill of Rights (Home Health Agencies))
- 4Provide each patient, client, or designated representative a written statement affirming support of a patient's bill of rights, including on request a written statement of services offered (frequency and unit charge), itemized billing statements on request, written disclosure of the uncompensated-care policy, on-request identity of contractually related health care providers, and the name and working-hours contact of the person supervising the patient's care (§A).(COMAR 10.07.10.14 — Patient's Bill of Rights (Home Health Agencies))
Applies to: home health
Requires a Maryland home health agency to give each patient a written patient's bill of rights covering service/billing disclosures, uncompensated-care policy, contractual-provider identity, and supervisor contact; to consult the patient in the care plan; to honor partial refusal of treatment; and to maintain a written-complaint mechanism with files, professional-advisory-group reporting, and annual/public summary reports. Framework topic: Patient Rights & Complaints.
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