Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part III - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL
Chapter 1128 - RENAL DIALYSIS SERVICES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1128.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Home dialysis-Dialysis performed by an appropriately trained patient or patient partner at home.

MA-Medical Assistance.

Outpatient dialysis-Dialysis furnished on an outpatient basis under the auspices of a renal dialysis facility.

Patient partner-An individual trained to assist a patient in performing self-dialysis or home dialysis.

Renal dialysis-A process by which dissolved substances are removed from a patient's body by diffusion from one fluid compartment to another across a semipermeable membrane.

Renal dialysis facility-A facility approved by the Department of Health to furnish dialysis services on an outpatient basis. A dialysis facility may be hospital based or may be operated independently of a hospital.

Self-renal dialysis-Dialysis performed at a facility with little or no professional assistance, by a dialysis patient or patient partner, who has completed an appropriate course of training.

Self-renal dialysis training and home renal dialysis training-A program that trains dialysis patients to perform self-dialysis or home dialysis with little or no professional assistance, and trains other individuals to assist patients in performing self-dialysis or home dialysis.

Staff-assisted dialysis-Dialysis performed by the staff of the center.