As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual includes this customizable template, Patient Admission. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Patient Admission:

	POLICY: Patients/clients are admitted for care and services based upon need and the ability of the organization to meet their needs in the home. A Registered Nurse will admit all patients and perform a comprehensive assessment within 48 hours of: Receipt of the referral; The patient's return home; The physician-ordered start of care date. PROCEDURE: Medicare patients must meet the following criteria in order to receive home health services: Homebound i.e., confined to the home except for infrequent or short absences or trips for medical care; Active Medicare beneficiary; Currently...
Second excerpt:
	...appropriate space. The nurse will document Patient mark on the consent form and in the visit note describe the reason the patient is unable to sign. If the patient is unable to sign and unable to make a mark, an authorized representative of the patient should sign the consent form, indicating their relationship to the patient. If the authorized patient representative is unavailable to sign the consent form: Verbal telephone consent is acceptable, with two people witnessing the...