N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-4.75

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 8:31B-4.75 - Psychiatric Acute Care Units (PSA)

(a) Function:

1. Psychiatric Acute Care Units provide care to patients admitted for diagnosis as well as treatment on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. The units are staffed with nursing personnel specially trained to care for the mentally ill, mentally disordered, or other mentally incompetent persons. Psychiatric Acute should include only the costs and revenues associated with services to psychiatric patients in a unit solely designated to the care of the acute mentally ill.

2. All revenues generated from charge differentials between private and semi-private rooms (except those assigned for medical necessity) is to be reported as a reconciliation per instructions in N.J.A.C. 8:31B-4, Part IV. Medical and Surgical Supplies should be reported in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:31B-4.55. Special Service consumed by patients on Psychiatric Acute Care Units are to be reported in the Psychiatric/Psychological Services Center.

3. Functions include serving and feeding of patients; collecting of sputum, urine and feces samples; monitoring of vital life signs; operating of specialized equipment related to this function; preparing of equipment and assisting of physicians during patient examination and treatment; observing and recording emotional stability of patients; assisting in bathing patients and helping into and out of bed; observing patients for reaction to drugs; administering specified medication; infusing I.V. fluids; answering of patients' call signals; and keeping patients' rooms (personal effects) in order.

(b) Units of Service: Patients (Admissions and Transfers In) and Patient Days.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-4.75