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Acceptance Policy (DME) |
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Manual: Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual (Ver 1) Department: HOME CARE
MCN’s customizable template, Acceptance Policy (DME), is taken from our Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards. Here is some sample content from Acceptance Policy (DME):
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The organization accepts patients into the home medical equipment and/or services program regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, age or disability.
The patient shall be accepted for care and services only if the organization is capable of providing the needed equipment, qualified staff and related services at the level of intensity required by the patient's condition.
The patient, caregiver and referral source shall be notified by the organization whether the patient can or cannot be accepted for care and/or services.
When appropriate, the referring... |
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| | ...Patient's caregiver must be able to manually resuscitate the patient in the event of ventilator failure.
Infusion Device
Patient is physiologically and clinically stable in accordance with defined criteria.
Patient must be free of acute infections and must not be currently receiving treatment for any acute infections.
Patient must have a caretaker who is capable of learning the operation of the equipment and can competently respond to emergencies and administer treatments as... |
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