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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.09.93.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="93" heading="Covered Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Chronic hospitals shall provide the following services:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Complex respiratory care services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Complex wound care services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Services for participants with multiple co-morbidities, including but not limited to services necessary to care for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Ventilator-assisted individuals who have been ventilator dependent for less than 6 months and who need further medical stabilization or are candidates for weaning from ventilator assistance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Tracheostomy participants who require suctioning more frequently than every 2 hours or are candidates for decannulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>More than two extensive stage IV decubiti which require daily intensive treatment that is not available in a nursing facility; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Extensive post-operative or post-traumatic care with multiple drains or extensive dressing change or therapies beyond the capabilities of a nursing facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>For participants admitted for medically necessary rehabilitation services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy, directed by an interdisciplinary team; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Ancillary services.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Treatment Plan.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Within 24 hours of a participant’s admission, a physician shall perform a documented face-to-face evaluation of the participant and begin developing an individualized treatment plan designed to meet the participant’s assessed needs.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>By the 7th day of a participant’s admission, an interdisciplinary team shall establish a written, individualized treatment plan for the participant, which shall include, at a minimum:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Diagnoses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Treatment goals;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Frequency of interventions for each type of service ordered;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Duration of treatment of each type of service ordered; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Prognosis.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The physician-led interdisciplinary team shall update the individualized treatment plan weekly until discharge.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Program covers outpatient hospital services provided by a chronic hospital when the services are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Medically necessary; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provided to individuals who are eligible for Medical Assistance and who are not current inpatients at the chronic hospital, except when payment for certain outpatient services provided to a participant on the date of inpatient admission or within 3 calendar days before the date of an inpatient admission are bundled, in accordance with 42 CFR §412.2(c)(5).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The program covers the following brain injury community integration program services:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Neuro-behavioral management programming, which includes, but is not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Assessment of maladaptive behaviors using valid and reliable behavioral measurement tools;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Pharmacologic intervention provided to manage maladaptive behaviors related to brain injury;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Neuro-behavioral programming created, implemented, overseen, and revised as needed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Incorporation of neuro-behavioral programming into therapy and care for participants in the community integration program; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Referral to a neuro-psychiatrist, as needed, if a neuro-psychiatrist is not a member of the facility staff;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Cognitive skills adaptation and compensation programming, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Specific programming dedicated to cognitive skills adaptation and compensation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Incorporation of cognitive compensatory strategies into community integration program participant’s interdisciplinary team treatment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Community re-entry programming, including specific programming dedicated to social or pragmatic skills, leisure skills, and life skills; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>According to the participant’s needs:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The services of a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Services and supports related to substance use disorders and other addictions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Speech therapy, which includes but is not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Cognitive skills;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Communication skills;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Swallowing ability; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Linguistic programming that assists the patient to connect the meaning of words to their context;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Occupational therapy, which includes but is not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Instrumental activities of daily living; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Community re-entry activities;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Physical therapy, which includes but is not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Ambulation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Motor planning and coordination;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Dietary services, which includes but is not limited to nutritional needs assessment and monitoring; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Case management, which includes but is not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Treatment planning; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Discharge planning.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Program covers administrative days approved by the Department or its designee according to the conditions set forth in Regulation .08C of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>