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UNOFFICIAL 1737-113 (1) Routine home care day. 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 paragraph (2); (2) Continuous home care day. 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 furnished during periods of crisis and only as necessary to maintain the terminally ill patient at home. A minimum of eight hours of care shall be required to qualify for the continuous home care rate; (3) Inpatient respite care day. 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. Respite care may not be reimbursed for more than five consecutive days at a time; and (4) General inpatient care day. 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. [Eff 08/01/94; am 02/07/05] (Auth: HRS §§346-14, 346-59) (Imp: 42 U.S.C. §1396(a) and (d); HRS §346-59)

§17-1737-108 Providers of hospice service. (a) Providers of hospice services shall meet applicable state and federal licensing and the certification requirements of chapter 17-1736 including certification by medicare to provide hospice service.

(b) Providers of service shall enter into a contractual agreement with the state medicaid agency. [Eff 08/01/94 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §431.107, 42 U.S.C. §1396(a) and (d))