Blue Cross Blue Shield Agrees To $2.8 Billion Settlement In Antitrust Case
CMS Approves MO HealthNet’s Integrated Behavioral Health State Plan Amendment
HIDI Releases Third Quarter FFY 2024 Inpatient And Outpatient Databases
MHA Convention Preview: Trustee Of The Year — Dennis Carter
October 22 Is Last Day To Book MHA Convention Hotel Room At Reduced Rate
Staff Spotlight: Jan Trachsel
Blue Cross Blue Shield agreed to a settlement to resolve an antitrust, class action lawsuit by hospital systems and clinicians. The settlement includes a $2.8 billion cash payment into a settlement fund. As part of the settlement, BCBS plans will implement 16 categories of transformational programming requirements, including timely communication and payment, transparent decision making and timely claims status updates.
MHA has partnered with MCAG for more than a decade to track, file and distribute class action litigation fund proceeds. MCAG will assess and file a complaint on behalf of hospitals who have enrolled in an all-inclusive contract.
CMS approved MO HealthNet’s state plan amendment to cover behavioral health integration services, including psychiatric collaborative care management, general behavioral health integration, and interprofessional consultation for behavioral health practitioners for dates of service on and after May 1, 2024.
The third quarter FFY 2024 inpatient and outpatient databases, including HIDI-reporting hospitals in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas City, Kan., now are available for download to subscribers of the Premier Data Package on HIDI Advantage®. The databases consist of a patient-level limited dataset, including all HIDI-reported discharges and visits to hospitals. Files are delivered as both text files and ready-to-query Microsoft Access database files. The files can be found in “Premier Subscriptions/Inpatient and Outpatient Limited Datasets” and are organized in the following categories.
Q3 FFY2024, Inpatient
Q3 FFY2024, Outpatient Classified
Q3 FFY2024, Outpatient Unclassified
Hospitals interested in subscribing to the 2024 HIDI Premier Data Package should review the package information. Current subscribers with questions about downloading files should contact HIDI.
MHA will honor Dennis Carter for his service to Liberty Hospital as a 2024 Trustee of the Year at MHA’s 102nd Annual Convention in Kansas City, Mo., during the Celebration of Achievement Awards Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 14. Register for Convention and select the Celebration of Achievement Awards Dinner to attend to see the full tribute to Dennis’ service.
In addition to the Trustee of the Year Award, MHA will honor recipients of the Aim for Excellence Award, Visionary Leadership Award and Distinguished Service Award. Join your peers to celebrate these milestones with the winners at the awards dinner.
MHA’s 2024 Annual Convention, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 13, through Friday, Nov. 15, is less than a month away, and it’s not too late for you and your team to register. This year’s event is taking place at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center.
Don’t forget, the last date to book a hotel room at the reduced MHA rate is Tuesday, Oct. 22. Hotel reservations and payments for rooms can be made directly with the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center online or by calling 1-866-932-6214 and reference MHA 2024 Annual Convention. Rates are $159 for a standard room.
We hope to see everyone at this year’s Convention, which promises to be an engaging, collaborative and inspiring event.
Staff Spotlight
Congratulations to Jan Trachsel, Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications and Marketing, on 20 years of service to MHA!
Jan joined MHA with several years of experience in management and customer service, skills that have served her well in her role. Organizing projects and duties, managing a busy meeting and travel calendar, and being a resource for hospital members and MHA teammates fills her “work cup.”
According to Jan, the people at MHA make the organization a wonderful place to work. “I truly enjoy working with such professional, kind people. I have made many wonderful friends at MHA who I will hold dear forever.”
Jan said she is most proud of her loyalty to MHA. “It has become rare to stay at the same company for a long period of time. I worked with the same SVP for 19 years before she retired last year and look forward to a long relationship with the new SVP.”
Building relationships is important to Jan. “I pride myself on getting to know those I work with so well that I can anticipate what they need before they even ask.”
Her life outside of work centers on her family. As of this October, Jan and her husband have been married for 33 years. They have three sons, one daughter-in-law (and hopefully another one soon) and two grandchildren.
“There is nowhere else I would rather be than spending time with my family and friends. We are always working on a family project or doing something fun together!”
Jan moved to Missouri from Denver with her parents, when she was 17 and a senior in high school. Her siblings soon followed with their families and now all 30 of them (Jan’s parents, siblings, nieces, nephews and kids) live within five miles of each other, except for one nephew who lives in Denver. Her family all own and operate small businesses, and they see each other several times per week.
Before You Go
LEARN: Register for Qualivis’ State of the Market webinar scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 25. During the webinar, industry experts will navigate the current market trends, address challenges and identify opportunities to guide health organizations’ strategic decisions.
