Home Health/Hospice Telephone Subsidy. 23 The hospital will provide a monthly subsidy to support personal cell phones used 24 by Home Health/Hospice nurses. Full time (32 to 40 hours per week) Home 25 Health/Hospice nurses will receive $50.00 and part time (20 to 31 hours per 26 week) Hospice nurses will receive $35.00. In event that the Hospital identifies 27 comparable, more cost effective alternative means or technologies or is able to 28 negotiate more favorable terms with a service provider, the Hospital may reduce 29 the reimbursement level. The Hospital will provide thirty (30) days notice of any 30 such change. 32 4.14 Home Health/Hospice Reimbursable Miles: reimbursable mileage means all 33 mileage driven on duty each day, less the distance to and from the nurse’s home 34 to the base office when check-in or check-out is required. When the nurse is not 1 required to check-in or check-out from the base office, the nurse shall be 2 reimbursed from the first visit.
Home Health/Hospice Telephone Subsidy. 7 The Hospital will provide a monthly subsidy to support personal cell phones used 8 by Home Health/Hospice nurses. Nurses working thirty-two (32) to forty (40) 9 hours per week will receive $50.00 and nurses working twenty (20) to thirty-one 10 (31) hours per week will receive $35.00. In event that the Hospital identifies 11 comparable, more cost effective alternative means or technologies or is able to 12 negotiate more favorable terms with a service provider, the Hospital may reduce 13 the reimbursement level. The Hospital will provide thirty (30) days notice of any 14 such change.