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CHA has issued a detailed summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., on the calendar year 2021 outpatient prospective payment system final rule. The policies in the final rule are effective Jan. 1, 2021, unless otherwise specified.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently updated its COVID-19 hospital reporting requirements (see #39 in the HHS FAQs for descriptions).
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As part of its Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Learning Community, the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) will host a webinar from noon to 1 p.m. (PT) on Dec. 17 to discuss how hospitals can support patients and families in the event of pregnancy or infant loss.
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From the very start of the pandemic, hospital workers have demonstrated incredible dedication, compassion, courage, and skill as they care for our communities — something we will forever be grateful for. Now, they’re leading the vaccination rollout across the country, spurring hope for an eventual end to the pandemic.
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CDPH Announces Expedited Process for Nurse Staffing Ratio Waivers
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is now offering an expedited option for hospitals to flex the nurse staffing ratios. This process, which took effect immediately with the release of All-Facilities Letter 20-26.4, means hospitals can use certain alternative measures as soon as they submit the waiver request form.
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As the outbreak accelerates even more, due in part to the Thanksgiving holiday (tonight, the greater Sacramento region joins Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley as three of five regions now subject to a regional stay-at-home order), hospitals continue to await much-needed flexibility to ensure they can care not only for the coming surge of COVID-19 patients, but also Californians’ other health needs.
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CHA DataSuite has released a Medicare Quality Programs Reference Guide and impact analysis reports of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 Value-Based Purchasing Program and FFY 2021 Readmissions Reduction Program, as well as the Quality Program measure trends and the calendar year (CY) 2021 home health prospective payment system final rule.
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Learn from Your Peers – Reopening Your Gift Shops During COVID session took place Dec. 15 from 2 to 3 p.m. Thank you to presenters Gina Cuneo with Enloe Medical Center, Mamta Kaur with Stanford Health Care, and Stephanie Nelson with Ventura County Medical Center for providing an excellent educational session for our members.
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CHA has issued a detailed summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, of the recently issued Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2022 proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This proposed rule would update regulatory and financial standards applied to issuers and exchanges, as well as set parameters for the risk adjustment program.
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On Wednesday, CHA issued an Alert urging hospitals to contact their congressional representatives and ask them to provide additional relief to hospitals during the pandemic and avoid a rush to include surprise medical billing legislation in any year-end package.