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...very models, including acute care, long-term care, hospice care, home health agency services, home-based care, and spiritual care. At least two members shall be physicians who are board-certified in hospice and palliative care by a medical specialty certifying board recognized by the American board of medical specialties or American osteopathic association. At least one member shall be employed as an administrator of...

...xisting beds from an existing long-term care facility within the same county: (1) Approval of beds in a new long-term care facility or an increase of beds in an existing long-term care facility if the beds are proposed to be licensed as nursing home beds under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code; (2) Approval of beds in a new county home or new county nursing home, or an increase of beds in an existing county home ...

...4 of the Revised Code: (A) "Long-term care facility" means either of the following: (1) A nursing home as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (2) A facility or part of a facility that is certified as a skilled nursing facility or a nursing facility under Title XVIII or XIX of the "Social Security Act." (B) "Residential care facility" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. ...

...y statute or rule relating to long-term care facilities or residential care facilities, or as provided in division (D) of this section, the director of health shall not disclose any of the following without the consent of the individual or the individual's legal representative: (a) The name of an individual who reports suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or misappropriation of a resident's proper...

... abused, neglected, or exploited a long-term care facility or residential care facility resident or misappropriated property of such a resident; (c) That the applicant or employee is included in one or more of the databases, if any, specified in rules adopted under this section and the rules prohibit the home health agency from employing an applicant or continuing to employ an employee included in such a database i...

...iver or issue for delivery a long-term care insurance policy or certificate in this state without offering the policyholder or certificate holder the option of purchasing a nonforfeiture benefit. (2) An insurer's offer of a nonforfeiture benefit pursuant to this section may be in the form of a rider that is attached to the policy. (3) If the policyholder or certificate holder declines the nonforfeiture benef...

...For the purposes of the Ohio long-term care insurance program established under section 5164.86 of the Revised Code, the department of insurance shall notify the department of medicaid of all long-term care insurance policies that meet all of the following requirements: (A) Comply with sections 3923.41 to 3923.48 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under section 3923.47 of the Revised Code; (B) Provide...

...illed nursing facility bed or long-term care bed in a manner that reduces the total number of hospital beds registered under that section as skilled nursing facility beds or long-term care beds and makes it impossible for the bed to ever be registered as a skilled nursing facility bed or long-term care bed. (B) "Change of operator" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Effective d...

...pate in contracts for long-term health care insurance. Participation may include dependents and family members. If a participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves employment, the participant and the participant's dependents and family members may, at their election, continue to participate in a program established under this section in the same manner as if the participant had not left employme...

...ipate in contracts for long-term health care insurance. Participation may include dependents and family members. If a participant in a contract for long-term care insurance leaves employment, the participant and the participant's dependents and family members may, at their election, continue to participate in a program established under this section in the same manner as if the participant had not left employment, ex...

...fense; (3) Community-based long-term care services certificates and community-based long-term care services contracts or grants issued under section 173.381 of the Revised Code; (4) Certifications of a provider to provide community-based long-term care services under section 173.391 of the Revised Code; (5) Certificates of authority to a health insuring corporation issued under section 1751.05 of the Revised...

...Each regional long-term care ombudsman program designated under section 173.16 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Provide ombudsman services for the region in which it is located; (B) Employ representatives of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or receive services from volunteers certified under section 173.21 of the Revised Code as representatives of the office, or both; ...

...care in a timely manner; discharge; and termination of employment. (B) An employee providing information to or participating in good faith in registering a complaint with the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or participating in the investigation of a complaint or in administrative or judicial proceedings resulting from a complaint registered with the office shall have the full protection agains...

...es, including community-based long-term care services, under a program the department of aging administers. "Provider" includes a person or government entity that provides home and community-based services to older adults through the PASSPORT program or assisted living program. (2) "Community-based long-term care services" has the same meaning as in section 173.14 of the Revised Code. (3) "PASSPORT program" and "...

...As part of the long-term care consultation program established under section 173.42 of the Revised Code, the department of aging may establish procedures for the conduct of periodic or follow-up long-term care consultations for residents of nursing facilities, including annual or more frequent reassessments of the residents' functional capabilities. If the procedures are established, the department or program ...

...l cease to be operated in the long-term care facility from which they are relocated, except that the beds may continue to be operated for not more than fifteen days to allow relocation of residents to the facility to which the beds have been relocated. Notwithstanding section 3721.03 of the Revised Code, if the relocated beds are in a home licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, the facility's license is au...

... of determining the number of long-term care beds that may be needed within the state. (3) No beds shall be approved under this division unless the hospital certifies and demonstrates in the application that the beds will be dedicated to patients with a length of stay of no more than thirty days. (4) No beds shall be approved under this division unless the hospital can satisfactorily demonstrate in the applicatio...

...llowing: (1) Were used by a long-term care facility as nurse aides on a full-time, temporary, per diem, or other basis at any time during the period commencing July 1, 1989, and ending January 1, 1990, and successfully completed, not later than October 1, 1990, a competency evaluation program approved by the director under division (A) of section 3721.31 of the Revised Code or conducted by the director under divisi...

...jury, the need to be admitted to a long-term acute care hospital or rehabilitation hospital if not for nursing facility services, and other serious health care conditions; (3) For each fiscal year, set the total per medicaid day payment rate for nursing facility services provided by designated discrete units of nursing facilities under the alternative purchasing model at either of the following: (a) Thirty-four...

...ll nursing homes and hospital long-term care units for the fiscal year; (2) Multiply the estimated total net patient revenues determined under division (A)(1) of this section by the lesser of the following: (a) The indirect guarantee percentage; (b) Six per cent. (3) Divide the product determined under division (A)(2) of this section by the number of days in the fiscal year; (4) Determine the sum of the foll...

...led nursing facility beds or long-term care beds, plus any other beds licensed as nursing home beds under section 3721.02 or 3721.09 of the Revised Code, on the first day of May of the calendar year in which the fee is determined pursuant to division (A) of section 5168.47 of the Revised Code; (2) The number of days in the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July of the calendar year in which the fee is ...

...ions to be served by regional long-term care ombudsman programs. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, the state long-term care ombudsman shall designate regional programs in accordance with criteria established by the department of aging in rules which the department shall adopt under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The criteria shall include specifications regarding the sites of the r...

...s of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program are immune from civil or criminal liability for any action taken in the good faith performance of their official duties under sections 173.14 to 173.26 of the Revised Code. (B) A person acting in good faith is immune from civil or criminal liability incident to any of the following: providing information to the office, participating in registratio...

...ter 5155. of the Revised Code. "Long-term care consultation program" means the program the department of aging is required to develop under section 173.42 of the Revised Code. "Long-term care consultation program administrator" or "administrator" means the department of aging or, if the department contracts with an area agency on aging or other entity to administer the long-term care consultation program for a ...

... review committee of a hospital or long-term care facility or a peer review committee of a nonprofit health care corporation that is a member of the hospital or long-term care facility or of which the hospital or facility is a member; (b) A peer review committee of a community mental health center; (c) A board or committee of a hospital, a long-term care facility, or other health care entity when reviewing pro...