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FDA updates guidance on using ventilator splitters
The Food and Drug Administration issued updated guidance on using ventilator splitters to support more than one patient when other options are unavailable.
CMS extends deadlines for submitting HCAHPS, interoperability data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services extended from Feb. 8 to March 17 the deadline for inpatient prospective payment system hospitals and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals to submit third quarter 2020 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data.
CDC survey: Intent to vaccinate climbs among priority groups
An estimated 68% of U.S. adults intended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in December, up from 61.9% in September.
Report looks at early results from Accountable Health Communities model
The Accountable Health Communities model reduced hospital emergency department visits by 9% for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries screened for health-related social needs, according to the first report evaluating the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services model.
AHA Urges FTC to Examine Anticompetitive Behavior by Nurse-Staffing Agencies and Commercial Insurers
The AHA requests that the Federal Trade Commission use its resources to tackle several issues that are adversely impacting hospitals as well as reconsider its recently announced retrospective study of mergers between physician groups and health care facilities.
Value Initiative Members in Action: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles, Calif
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles, Calif.
Age-friendly Health Care Improves Value for Older Adults with Fractures
Redesigning the Delivery System
The Members in Action series highlights how hospitals and health systems are implementing new value-based strategies to improve health care affordability. This includes the work described below to redesign the delivery system.
Urge Your Lawmakers to Support Hospitals and Health Systems in COVID-19 Legislative Package
The House and Senate Feb. 5 passed a concurrent budget resolution giving Congress the option to use reconciliation – a fast-track procedure to pass the president’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package with a simple majority in the Senate. Priorities include more funding for vaccines and Provider Relief Fund; forgiveness for accelerated payments; eliminating Medicare sequester cuts; among other issues.
100 Million Mask Challenge - Hospitals and Health Systems
Initiatives/Campaigns
We encourage all of our hospitals and health systems to partner and coordinate with businesses in your communities that may have the equipment and ability to help produce much needed personal protective equipment. We have provided all of our design specs to be shared widely.
UB-04 Change Implementation Calendar Updated
The details of the following changes are contained in the UB-04 Manual or in the minutes. (Minutes not yet posted are italicized.)