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CMS Issues CY 2022 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposed rule updating the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2022. In addition to proposed ESRD PPS payment rates updates, the proposed rule includes changes to the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and to the ESRD Treatment Choices Model to address health equity. Comments on the proposed rule are due Aug. 31. 

Reminder: Submit Any Program Flexes Needed Prior to July 17 Expiration of Statewide Space Waiver

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Hospitals are reminded to submit a program flexibility request to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) as soon as possible if any alternative uses of space need to continue. As previously reported, CDPH provided 60 days’ advance notice that, effective July 17, space and other flexibilities in All Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-26.8 will expire.  

Vigilance Needed as Delta Variant Continues to Spread

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Earlier this week, the California Department of Public Health released data that showed that in June, of the COVID specimens sequenced, 36% of COVID tests were the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19. That’s up from less than 6% of analyzed specimens in May.  

Adjusting to life after ‘lockdown’

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For more than 15 months, our lives have been anything but normal. Seemingly overnight, homes were turned into offices, schools, gyms, and more — essentially a place of refuge for those seeking shelter from COVID-19.

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal Opens, HRSA Releases Reporting Tools and Updated FAQs

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On July 1, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) opened the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting portal. Hospitals and providers who received PRF general or targeted distributions between April 10 and June 30, 2020 (Period 1) have until Sept. 30, 2021, to report on the use of those funds. Providers who have not done so yet must register to access the reporting portal.