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Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance
UtahregulationUtah Department of Health and Human Services· effective 2023-07-06
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1The committee must review and evaluate coordination of services through written reports, telephone consultation, or case conferences (R432-700-19(5)(b)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
- 2The committee's evaluation methodology must include review of active and closed client records against policies using a representative sample per policy (R432-700-19(5)(a)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
- 3An interdisciplinary quality assurance committee must evaluate client services quarterly and submit a written report of findings from each meeting to the administrator, kept available in the agency (R432-700-19(4)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
- 4The committee must review and evaluate plans of treatment for content, frequency of updates, and whether clinical notes correspond to goals in the plan of care (R432-700-19(5)(c)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
- 5Each committee member must be appointed by the administrator for a given term, and the committee must have a minimum of three members representing three different licensed or certified health care professions (R432-700-19(4)(a)-(b)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
- 6The licensee must demonstrate concern for cost of care by evaluating relevance of services, appropriateness of treatment frequency, use of less expensive effective resources, and ancillary-service use consistent with client needs (R432-700-19(3)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
- 7The administrator must conduct an annual evaluation of the licensee's overall program and submit a written report of findings to the governing body (R432-700-19(2)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
- 8The governing body must annually review and evaluate the quality, appropriateness, and scope of services to determine overall effectiveness in meeting agency objectives (R432-700-19(1)).(Utah Admin. Code R432-700-19 — Quality Assurance)
Applies to: personal care
Requires an annual governing-body review of service quality and scope, an annual administrator evaluation reported to the governing body, cost-of-care evaluation, and a quarterly interdisciplinary quality assurance committee (minimum three members from three professions) that reviews client records, coordination of services, and plans of treatment. Framework topic: Quality Assurance & Program Evaluation.
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