Beneficiary service records
Arkansas Code § 20-48-205; Arkansas Code § 20-76-201; Arkansas Code § 25-10-129
(a)
- (1) A provider must maintain a separate, updated, and complete service record for each beneficiary documenting the services provided to the beneficiary and any other documentation required under this part.
- (2) A provider must maintain each beneficiary service record in a uniformly organized manner.
- (3) A beneficiary service record must be made immediately available to a beneficiary and their legal guardian upon request.
(b) A beneficiary’s service record must include a summary document at the front that includes:
(1) The beneficiary’s:
- (A) Full name;
- (B) Address and county of residence;
- (C) Telephone number and email address, if available;
- (D) Date of birth;
- (E) Primary language;
- (F) Diagnoses;
- (G) Medications, dosage, and frequency, if applicable;
- (H) Known allergies;
- (I) Social Security number;
- (J) Medicaid number;
- (K) Commercial or private health insurance information, if applicable; and
- (L) Assigned PASSE;
- (2) The date the beneficiary began receiving each CES Waiver service from the provider;
- (3) The date the beneficiary ceased receiving each CES Waiver service from the provider, if applicable;
- (4) The name, address, phone number, and email address, if available, of the beneficiary’s legal guardian, if applicable; and
- (5) The name, address, and phone number of the beneficiary’s primary care provider (PCP).
(c) A beneficiary’s service record must include at least the following information and documentation:
- (1) PCSP, or documentation demonstrating a copy of PCSP, has been requested from PASSE;
- (2) Nonclinical treatment plan;
- (3) PASSE prior authorizations for all CES Waiver Services performed by a provider;
- (4) Positive behavior support plan, as applicable;
- (5) Behavioral prevention and intervention plan, as applicable;
- (6) Daily activity logs or other documentation for each CES Waiver service;
- (7) Medication management plan, if applicable;
- (8) Medication logs, if applicable;
- (9) Copies of any court orders that place the beneficiary in the custody of another person or entity; and
- (10) Copies of any leases or residential agreements related to provider-owned, leased, or controlled CES Waiver service residential settings.
(d)
(1) A provider must ensure that each beneficiary service record is kept confidential and available only to:
- (A) Employees who need to know the information contained in the beneficiary’s service record;
- (B) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services and any governmental entity with jurisdiction or other authority to access the beneficiary’s service record;
- (C) The beneficiary’s assigned PASSE;
- (D) The beneficiary’s legal guardian, if applicable; and
- (E) Any other individual authorized in writing by the beneficiary or, if applicable, the beneficiary’s legal guardian.
(2)
- (A) A provider must keep beneficiary service records in a file cabinet or room that is always locked.
- (B)
(i) A provider may use electronic records in addition to or in place of physical records to comply with this part.
- (ii) A provider that uses electronic records must take reasonable steps to backup all electronic records and reconstruct a beneficiary’s service record in the event of a breakdown in the provider’s electronic records system.
- (e) A provider must retain all beneficiary service records for five (5) years from the date the beneficiary exits from the provider or, if longer, the conclusion of all reviews, appeals, investigations, administrative actions, or judicial actions related to the beneficiary that are pending at the end of the five-year period.