Member Code of Ethics
PREAMBLE
The purpose of the Member Code of Ethics is to serve as a standard of conduct for home health, hospice, and palliative care agencies. The organization encourages all home-based care providers, regardless of membership affiliation, to subscribe to the Member Code of Ethics.
VISION
That home-based health care is an integral component of high-quality health care delivery models.
MEMBER CODE OF ETHICS
We, as home-based care provider agencies, dedicate ourselves to carrying out the vision of the organization. We will do the following:
PATIENTS/COMMUNITY
- Hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of professional duties.
- Recognize that the chief function of our organization is at all times to serve the best interests of our patients.
- Respect and protect privileged information to which we have access in the course of our official duties.
- Strive for personal and professional excellence and encourage the professional development of others.
- Assist patients and family members in engaging and participating in the plan of care.
AGENCY
- Accept as a personal duty the responsibility to keep up-to-date on emerging issues and to conduct ourselves with professional competence, fairness, impartiality, efficiency and effectiveness.
- Respect the structure and responsibilities of our organization’s board, provide them with facts and advice as a basis for their making policy decision and uphold and implement policies adopted by the board.
- Keep patients served, providers supportedand policy-makers informed about issues affecting them.
- Support the delivery of patient-centered care.
- Avoid any interest or activity that is in conflict with the conduct of our official duties.
- Provide responsible financial stewardship of our organization.
- Conduct our organizational and operational duties with positive leadership exemplified by open communication, creativity, dedication, business development integrity and compassion.
- Exercise whatever discretionary authority we have under the law to carry out the mission of our organization.
- Serve with respect, concern, courtesy and responsiveness in carrying out our organization’s mission.
- Demonstrate the highest standards of personal integrity, truthfulness, honesty and fortitude in all our activities in order to inspire confidence and trust in our activities.
- Avoid any interest or activity that is in conflict with the conduct of our official duties.
- Work collaboratively with other members, industry peers, allied organizations and stakeholders.
- Advocate for the needs of our patients.