This customizable document, Responsibilities of Physicians, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Responsibilities of Physicians:

	POLICY: This organization coordinates its care and/or services with each patient's treating physician when equipment or services supplied by the organization is under the order of the physician. All information supplied to and from the physician is strictly confidential. PROCEDURE: The physician has the responsibility to: Maintain current licensure and certification as required by law; Remain actively involved in the patient's care; Provide orders congruent with appropriate standards of care for the patient's care and/or services; Inform the organization of names of alternate...
Second excerpt:
	...information provided in the referral or prescription; Significant changes are to be made in the equipment or equipment settings; Patient safety is in question as a result of continued or discontinued use of the equipment or travel outside the organization's service area is planned; A significant change in the patient's clinical status occurs; The organization policies and procedures need to be communicated to the physician; A delay is anticipated in initiating prescribed care or services...