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05.05.21
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MHA Publishes Issue Brief On FFY 2022 Medicare Inpatient, LTCH PPS Payment And Policy Updates
CMS Releases Comprehensive Care For Joint Replacement Final Rule
MHA Submits Comments On Proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
HIDI Posts Hospital Profile Report Online
CMS Announces IQR Education Session
MPCA Hosts Webinar Series On Workforce Recruitment
Resilient Leadership Series — Six-Part Virtual Series
The series begins Tuesday, June 1.
Register on or before Thursday, May 27.
Staff Contact: Andrew Wheeler
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the proposed federal fiscal year 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System payment and policy updates. CMS is estimating that IPPS payments will increase by $2.5 billion. CMS is estimating that LTCH PPS payments will increase by $52 million, or 1.4%. MHA published an issue brief with additional details.
Staff Contact: Andrew Wheeler
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a final rule that extends the length of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model through Dec. 31, 2024. The extension of the CJR model for three additional years only would apply to participant hospitals located in 34 mandatory Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Rural and low-volume hospitals located in the 34 mandatory MSAs and hospitals that are participating on a voluntary basis are excluded from the extension. MHA published an issue brief with additional details.
Staff Contact: Jane Drummond
MHA commented on changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. While the changes are intended to afford patients, their representatives, health care providers and social service agencies greater ease in accessing information for care coordination, MHA is concerned that the rule has unintended consequences. Loosening restrictions on the release of protected health information without expressed patient consent or verification of the patient’s identity could lead to fraud and identity theft. MHA also objected to reduced response times for responding to record requests and restrictions on the fees that may be charged. Finally, MHA joined the American Hospital Association in urging OCR to ensure the changes are coordinated with similar requirements imposed by the interoperability and information blocking rules.
Staff Contact: Shane VanOverschelde
The Hospital Profile Report is derived from several data sources and includes a comprehensive set of key hospital metrics in an Excel-based tabular display. Data from 105 Missouri hospitals, including acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, children’s hospitals and cancer hospitals, appear side-by-side on the report. This report is available to subscribers of the HIDI Premier Reporting Package and is located on HIDI Analytic Advantage in the following location.
Hospitals interested in subscribing to the HIDI Premier Report Package should review the package information. Current subscribers with questions about downloading files should contact HIDI.
Staff Contact: Sherry Buschjost
The next outreach and education webinar for participants in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program is scheduled at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 18. The presentation provides an overview of the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure, the implementation timeline and the transition from voluntary to required reporting of the measure to the Hospital IQR Program by IQR-eligible hospitals. Registration is required.
Staff Contact: Jill Williams
The Missouri Primary Care Association is hosting a complimentary webinar series, “Recruitment Best Practices & Trends,” with sessions being held daily from Monday, May 24, to Wednesday, May 26. Registration is required.