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Non-Long Term Care (Providers Page)

The Non-Long Term Care program provides oversight of the state licensed and/or federally certified (CMS) provider community within Idaho.  This community includes ambulatory surgery centers, end stage renal disease (dialysis) centers, home health agencies, hospices, hospitals, outpatient physical therapy/speech pathology centers, and rural health clinics.
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Provider Specific Information

All provider types

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) - Certified Only

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) - Certified Only

Home Health Agencies (HHA) - Certified & Licensed

Hospice - Certified Only

Hospitals - Certified & Licensed

FAQs - Hospitals

Click here to expand contentClick here to collapse content  Must a physician be consulted when the Physician Assistant (PA) orders a restraint?

Yes
  • The standard at 482.13(e)(7)[A-0170] states that the physician must be consulted as soon as possible if the physician does not order the restraint.
  • Idaho: the Board of Medicine does not recognize PA's as independent practitioners.
  • CMS expects that the physician must be consulted as soon as possible just as would happen, for example, if a registered nurse initiated restraints.
Click here to expand contentClick here to collapse content  May a Physician Assistant (PA) order restraints (physical and/or chemical) in a hospital?

Yes, if the following conditions are met:
  • The PA's Delegation of Service agreement, with the supervising physician, states that the PA may order restraints.
  • The hospital bylaws allow PA's to order restraints.
  • The PA has training in the use of restraints.
  • The hospital credentialing and privileging of PA's includes ordering of restraints.
  • A copy of the PA's delegation of service agreement is on file with the hospital.
  • The hospital's policies and procedures address PA's ordering restraints.
Click here to expand contentClick here to collapse content  May paramedics serve as Qualified Medical Personnel (QMP) and perform medical screening examinations in Critical Access Hospitals if they are evaluated and approved by the medical staff to do so?

The CAH regulations at 42 CFR 485.618 (d)(2) (i-ii) (CoP: Emergency Services) state the following:

(2) A registered nurse with training and experience in emergency care can be utilized to conduct specific medical screening examinations only if-

(i)The registered nurse is on site and immediately available at the CAH when a patient requests medical care; and

(ii)The nature of the patient's request for medical care is within the scope of practice of a registered nurse and consistent with applicable State laws and the CAH's bylaws or rules and regulations.

Therefore, according to these regulations, a paramedic cannot be a QMP.

 

Outpatient Physical Therapy/Speech Pathology (OPT/SP) - Certified Only

Rural Health Clinic (RHC) - Certified Only

Regulatory Matters

State Statutes-Rules

Federal Statutes-Regulations (CMS)

Non-Long Term Care Training Modules


Training Modules have been designed to assist with the application and understanding of the processes necessary for the provider group to assess, develop, implement, and evaluate aspects of the regulatory requirements relating to the type of provider and population served.

Contact information

Mailing Address:
Bureau of Facility Standards
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0009
 
Physical Address:
3232 W. Elder Street
Boise, ID 83705

E-mail:
fsb@dhw.idaho.gov 

Office Phone: 
(208) 334-6626
 
Fax Number:  
(208) 364-1888

CNA Hotline: 
(800) 748-2480
 
Home Health Hotline: 
(800) 345-1453

Resources/Links

Home Health Agencies - OASIS

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