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Today marks the day that hospitals are required to have a personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpile per Labor Code 6403.3. The law is clear that the stockpile must consist of seven identified items of PPE in amounts equal to three months of normal consumption. Among other questions, the definition of normal consumption remains unresolved. While...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised its COVID-19 frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Medicare fee-for-service billing to address questions related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Provider Relief Fund and the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program payments.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host an Acute Hospital Care at Home Q&A session on Dec. 22 from 7:30 to 8 a.m. (PT).
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
Hospital IPPS: FAQs on Market-Based MS-DRG Relative Weights HQRP Quarterly Update for 4th Quarter of 2020 Available 2/3: Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on Care Compare: 2021 OPPS Rule Methodology Webinar CMS Updates Qualifying Alternative Payment Model Participant (QP) Thresholds (see slide 12)
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Labor Code 6403.3 requires general acute care hospitals to maintain a stockpile of specified personal protective equipment, beginning April 1, in the amount equal to three months of normal consumption.
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After a tumultuous two-week period at the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the board is expected to promulgate a new COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) on June 17.
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On Oct. 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance (with accompanying FAQs from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) on how it will enforce the interim final rule that requires hospitals to report COVID-19 data, in order to continue to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The FAQs noted that hospitals could be relieved from reporting directly to the federal government if they receive a written release from the state indicating that the state is certified and will collect the data from hospitals and take over the hospital’s federal reporting responsibilities. On Oct. 15, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) received that release.
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On March 19, Gov. Newsom signed Senate Bill 95, the COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave bill. As a budget trailer bill, it goes into effect immediately, but employers have until March 29 to come into compliance.
The law requires employers with more than 25 employees to provide paid sick leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021. While some aspects of the law are identical to the COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave law that expired on Dec. 31, 2020, there are some significant differences.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following updates this week:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality seeks submission of scientific studies to support research on Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication
3Q 2020 Clinical, HAI, and PC-01 Data Submission Deadline March 18, 2021
Third quarter (3Q) 2020 Chart-Abstracted Clinical measures (SEP-1)
3Q 2020 Perinatal Care (PC-01) measure
3Q 2020 Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) measures
IQR 3Q 2020 Population and Sampling Data Due March 18, 2021
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In response to member questions, CHA has created a side-by-side comparison of the three federal vaccine mandates and the California public health officer order requiring health care workers to be vaccinated. California hospitals that participate in the Medicare or Medi-Cal program must comply with the state public health officer order and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
