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“… good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” – Albert Camus
The strong recommendation issued last week by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to regularly test hospital workers for COVID-19 may have been born of good intent: to protect our vital health care workforce and make them feel even safer.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
Register: Hospital Price Transparency Webcast, Dec. 8
Register: Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule Call, Dec.
Hospice Quality Reporting Program: November Refresh
CMS Issues Final Rule to Amend the Risk Adjustment Data Validation Program
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its calendar year (CY) 2021 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its calendar year (CY) 2021 physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule.
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CHA has issued detailed summaries, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, of two drug pricing final rules recently published by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
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CDPH Issues Weekly Testing Recommendation for Hospital Health Care Staff; CHA Members-Only Webinar Dec. 3
Despite CHA’s request to postpone a weekly testing recommendation for hospital health care personnel, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released that recommendation in All-Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-88 on Nov. 25. CDPH expects general acute care hospitals to submit a testing plan to their District Office by Dec. 7, using the template in the AFL. CHA expects to that CDPH will follow up with hospitals that don’t submit a plan.
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Originally recorded on December 3, 2020
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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a final rule revising safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, as well as civil monetary penalty rules for beneficiary inducements. The regulations are effective Jan. 19, 2021.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a Special Open Door Forum on Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. (PT) to discuss its final rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law, also known as the Stark Law.
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The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) has posted to its COVID-19 Resources web page the clarification that an OSHPD permit is not required for temporary changes or use of modifications to the physical environment for COVID-19 during the period of California Department of Public Health All Facilities Letter 20-26.3, which is in place until March 1, 2021, unless extended.