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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
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On April 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its quarantine and work restriction recommendations following travel, no longer recommending quarantine or work restrictions after travel for those who are asymptomatic.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) federal Office of Rural Health Policy has announced a grant opportunity to improve maternal health in rural communities. The Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program will test a network approach to improving maternal health access and outcomes in rural regions.
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On April 13, the House Energy & Commerce Committee wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Xavier Becerra, urging HHS to enforce the hospital price transparency rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The final rule became effective on Jan. 1.
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On April 13, the House of Representatives passed legislation extending the moratorium on the Medicare sequester until the end of 2021. The sequester is a 2% reduction to all Medicare payments. The cuts were scheduled to take effect on April 1 after the moratorium initially passed in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and was later extended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021, which expired on March 31.
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This week, the nation pauses to recognize, reflect upon, and respond to a crisis centuries in the making: The fact that the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, driven by the sad and unacceptable mortality rates among Black mothers, who are 2.5 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.
Black Maternal Health Week, held annually in the middle of National Minority Health Month, presents a notable opportunity to not only take stock of where California sits in the efforts to reduce maternal health disparities, but also to listen and learn from the people who are suffering, including the most vulnerable: Black infants in the United States die at more than twice the rate of white infants.
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Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and acknowledge the many passionate volunteers who donate their time, offer their talents, share their skills, and provide vital support to causes they care about in their hospital and community. This year’s annual week of recognition is April 18-24.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.For more information about CHA education programs, visit calhospital.org/education-publications.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a memo updating certain waivers for skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) that were issued in response to the public health emergency. CMS notes that, over the course of the public health emergency, SNFs have developed policies and practices that mitigate the need for these waivers.
Specifically, CMS has ended emergency blanket waivers related to transfer and discharge notification requirements, notification of room or roommate changes, waivers for certain care planning requirement for residents transferred or discharged for the purposes of cohorting, and the waiver of the time frame requirements for completing and transmitting the Minimum Data Set. Additionally, while CMS is not ending the current nurse aide waiver, the memo provides additional clarification and recommendations for nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and acknowledge the many passionate volunteers who donate their time, offer their talents, share their skills, and provide vital support to causes they care about in their hospital and community. This […]