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COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies)
MarylandregulationMaryland Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1Ensure the professional advisory group meets at least three times each calendar year and keeps documented minutes; ensure the governing body acts on its recommendations with complete documentation of recommendations and actions (§E, §F).(COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies))
- 2Ensure all services (direct or indirect) are monitored and supervised by the parent agency and, when ordered by a physician, provided within 24 hours after referral (§G).(COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies))
- 3Adopt written by-laws including a statement of objectives and an organizational structure implementing policies, and review them annually and revise as necessary (§B).(COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies))
- 4Establish a written contract for any services not provided directly, meeting the minimum content requirements including services/setting/area, supervision, coordination and evaluation, documentation and scheduling, charges, parent-agency-only billing, annual review, personnel/qualification compliance, and parent-agency-only patient acceptance (§H).(COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies))
- 5Appoint a home health agency administrator responsible for overall management and fiscal operations (§C).(COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies))
- 6Have a duly constituted governing body (or designated persons so functioning) with full legal authority, responsibility, and accountability for the agency's operation (§A).(COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies))
- 7Designate a professional advisory group to regularly review and advise on professional policies (scope of services, acceptance/discharge criteria, medical supervision, emergency care, clinical records, review/evaluation, referrals/continuity) and participate in the annual program evaluation (§D).(COMAR 10.07.10.09 — Governing Authority (Home Health Agencies))
Applies to: home health
Requires a Maryland home health agency to have a governing body with full legal authority, to adopt and annually review by-laws, to appoint an administrator, to designate a professional advisory group that meets at least three times yearly and advises on professional policies, and to establish written contracts governing any services not provided directly. Framework topic: Governing Authority & Contracted Services.
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