New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 326 - CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Part 7 - ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT
Section 8.326.7.15 - PLAN OF CARE

Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.326.7.15

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Case managers develop and implement plans of care for each medicaid recipient. Plans of care are developed in consultation and cooperation with recipients, families or legal guardian(s), primary physicians, as appropriate and others involved with the recipient's care.

B. The following must be contained in the treatment plan or documents used in the development of the treatment plan. The treatment plan and all supporting documentation must be available for review in the recipient's file:

(1) statement of the nature of the specific problem and the specific needs of the recipient;

(2) description of the functional level of the recipient, including the following:
(a) mental status assessment;

(b) intellectual function assessment;

(c) psychological assessment;

(d) educational assessment;

(e) vocational assessment;

(f) social assessment;

(g) medical assessment; and

(h) physical assessment.

(3) description of the intermediate and long-range goals, with the projected timetable for their attainment and duration and scope of services; and

(4) statement and rationale of the treatment plan for achieving these intermediate and long-range goals, including provisions for review and modification of the plan and plans for discontinuation of services, criteria for discontinuation of services and projected date service will be discontinued.

C. The plan of care must be retained by agency providers and be available for utilization review purposes. Plans of care must be updated and revised, as indicated, at least every six (6) months or more often, as indicated by the recipient's condition.

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