N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 86-6.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 86-6.1 - Definitions

As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings.

(a) Hospice shall mean a hospice as defined in article 40 of the Public Health Law possessing a valid certificate of approval issued by the State Commissioner of Health.

(b) A routine home care day is a day on which an individual who has elected to receive hospice care is at home and is not receiving continuous care as defined in subdivision (f) of this section.

(c) A routine home care day for AIDS patients is a day on which an individual who has been diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has elected to receive hospice care, is at home and is not receiving continuous home care as defined in subdivision (f) of this section.

(d) A routine home care day with an escort is a day as defined in subdivision (b) of this section, when the nurse providing care requires the use of an escort for security when visiting the patient's home.

(e) A routine home care day for AIDS patients with an escort is a routine home care day as defined in subdivision (b) of this section when the individual who has elected to receive hospice care has been diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the nurse providing care requires the use of an escort for security when visiting the patient's home.

(f) A continuous home care day is a day on which an individual who has elected to receive hospice care is not in an inpatient facility and receives hospice care consisting predominantly of nursing care on a continuous basis at home. Home health aide or homemaker services or both may also be provided on a continuous basis. Continuous home care is only furnished during brief periods of crisis, and only as necessary to maintain the terminally ill patient at home. A period of crisis is a period in which the individual requires continuous care to achieve palliation or management of acute medical symptoms.

(g) A continuous home care day for AIDS patients is a day as defined in subdivision (f) of this section when the patient receiving care has been diagnosed as having Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

(h) An inpatient respite care day is a day on which the individual who has elected hospice care receives care in an approved facility on a short-term basis for respite.

(i) A general inpatient care day is a day on which an individual who has elected hospice care receives general inpatient care in an inpatient facility for pain control or acute or chronic symptom management which cannot be managed in other settings.

(j) A general inpatient care day for AIDS patients is a day as defined in subdivision (i) of this section, when the patient receiving care has been diagnosed as having Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

(k) Supplemental financial assistance program means the program as established pursuant to section 4012-a of the Public Health Law to provide additional payments to hospices which provide care to patients with special needs, which shall include patients diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or patients in environment situations which require the use of escort services for delivery of routine home care in accordance with approved plans required by section 86-6.6(b) of this Subpart, or persons receiving care in a hospice residence.

(l) Room and board services shall mean the provision of personal care services, including assistance in activities of daily living, socializing activities, administration of medications, maintaining the cleanliness of a resident's room and supervising and assisting in the use of durable medical equipment and prescribed therapies by a nursing facility to an individual who has elected to receive hospice care. Room and board services shall also include the services, activities and allowable costs as set forth in section 86-2.10(d) and (g) of this Subpart.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 86-6.1