131 • Is provided as part of a coordinated plan of home and inpatient care designed to meet the special needs of the terminally ill patient and the family unit due to the terminal illness; • May include medical care, palliative care, respite care, and medical social services for the terminally ill patient; and • May include medical social services and bereavement counseling for the family unit. Hospice Care Program means an agency, facility, or organization that provides care for terminally ill patients and meets established standards, including certification by the National Hospice Organization, Medicare, and any legal licensing required by the state or other locality in which it is located. Illness means a disease or disorder resulting in an unsound condition of the mind or body. Independent Freestanding Emergency Department is a health care facility (not limited to those described in the definition of health care facility) that is geographically separate and distinct from a hospital under applicable State law and provides Emergency Services. Injury means a wound or damage to the body sustained by accident or through external force. Inpatient and Outpatient refer either to the setting in which medical care is given or to a person who is receiving care in that setting. • When these terms describe the setting in which medical care is given: − Inpatient means that the care is furnished to a person while the person is confined in a facility as a registered bed patient and is being charged a fee for inpatient room and board; and − Outpatient means that the care is furnished to a person while the person is not so confined. • When these terms refer to a person who is receiving medical care: − Inpatient means a person who is confined in a facility as a registered bed patient and is being charged a fee for inpatient room and board; and − Outpatient means a person who is not so confined. Intensive Care Unit means only a separate, clearly designated service section that is part of an Acute Care Hospital and that meets all of the following tests: • It is solely for treatment of patients who are in a critical condition; • It provides constant special nursing care and observation not available in the other sections of the hospital; • It contains special life-saving equipment that is ready for immediate use; • It contains at least two beds for critically ill patients; • It has, at all times, at least one registered Nurse who is in constant attendance; and • It meets the standards set for an Intensive Care Unit by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The term Intensive Care Unit shall include a burn unit or a cardiac care unit that meets all of the above tests. The term shall not include a unit for intensive alcoholism, drug or chemical dependence, or psychiatric treatment.

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