Attached is a procedure that was put in place last night by the Healthcare Preparedness Program at the NC Office of Emergency Medical Services case a large number of patients need to be transferred/evacuated in anticipation of Hurricane Florence. Based on the patient placement procedure,
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Attached from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a list of emergency policies and procedures that can be done without an 1135 waiver. More emergency preparedness guidance isonline here.
Read more →The Healthcare Financial Management Association has put together a helpful Disaster Planning Checklist for Chief Financial Officers of Healthcare Organizations. Some of the items and activities listed may not fall directly within the responsibility of the financial leaders of a facility, but have financial implications
Read more →Here is an updated staff list for North Carolina’s Congressional Delegation. We have included emails and phone numbers for the healthcare advisors, all of whom are ready to help should you need congressional intervention after the storm.
Read more →NCHA Strategic Partners staff has reached out to its supplier Vizient to confirm that the State Operated Healthcare Facilities in eastern North Carolina have activated their disaster preparedness plans to receive priority shipments tomorrow for food (through US Foods) and medical supplies (Owens & Minor).
Read more →When a natural disaster strikes, demand can quickly overwhelm your team pre and post storm. Qualivis offers easy access to a nationwide network to simplify and speed the search process, so that you can focus on providing patient care. There is no cost
Read more →Following Hurricane Matthew, one of the identified needs in the aftermath was help with restoring mobile communications. All of the major mobile carriers have rapid-response teams and plans in place to deploy emergency equipment including portable generators, fuel trucks, Cell On Wheels (COWs), Cells on
Read more →On June 25, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the physician self-referral law, more commonly known as the Stark law. CMS published the RFI to further its efforts to remove unnecessary obstacles to
Read more →On April 24, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2019. The proposed rule affects inpatient PPS hospitals, critical access hospitals (CAHs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and PPS-exempt
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Joint Letter to CMS Addresses Medicare Bad Debt Policy Changes
In recent months, many hospitals in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia have experienced increased focus and scrutiny of their Medicare bad debts by Palmetto GBA (Jurisdiction M Medicare Administrator Contractor) and its subcontractors. These reviews are applying new documentation requirements
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