1. (1) The following services are covered hospice services when provided by qualified personnel:

   1. (a) Nursing care
   2. (b) Medical social services
   3. (c) Physician services
   4. (d) Counseling services
   5. (e) Short-term inpatient care
   6. (f) Medical appliances and supplies, including drugs and biologicals
   7. (g) Home health aide services and homemaker services
   8. (h) Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-1anguage pathology
   9. (i) Nursing home room and board
2. (2) Nursing care, physician services, medical social services and counseling are core hospice services and must routinely be provided directly by hospice employees. Supplemental services may be contracted for during periods of peak patient loads and to obtain physician specialty services.

Author: Theresa D. Richburg

Statutory Authority: Title XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §§418.80, 418.202; State Medicaid Manual; State Plan.

History: Emergency Rule effective October 1, 1990. Permanent Rule effective February 13, 1991.