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September 14, 2020

MHA Today is provided as a service to members of the Missouri Hospital Association. Additional information is available online at MHAnet.


In This Issue

MHA Offers New Voting Resources For Members
Missouri U.S. Representatives Support Hospital 340B Concerns
CMS Reminds Hospitals Of HCAHPS Submission Deadline
TJC Posts Specifications Manual Version 2020B2

What You Need To Know This Week

  • The Missouri General Assembly is in Jefferson City this week for its annual veto session.
  • MHA is conducting its annual rural-focused Federal Advocacy Trip virtually this week.

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Spotlight


MHA Offers New Voting Resources For Members

Staff Contact: Renee Wilde

Explore Our New Website width=As we approach the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, MHA has compiled various resources to help hospitals promote voter registration and the importance of voting. New this year, MHA has partnered with VotER to connect hospitals to resources that make it easier for patients to participate in the democratic process. Hospitals are central touchpoints in communities, where citizens should consider their civic health, as well as their physical and mental health. VotER is easy, voluntary and nonpartisan.

VotER offers patients and visitors the ability to register to vote while they wait. Individuals only need a phone to access VotER, and can either scan a QR code or text a number listed on posters provided. MHA members can download the VotER Toolkit, including posters, flyers, social media messages and talking points.

Additionally, MHA has updated its Your Vote Matters Toolkit, which helps hospitals empower and educate Missourians about the importance of electing candidates who support Missouri hospitals. The 2020 Your Vote Matters Toolkit includes talking points, social media graphics and sample social media messages.

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Missouri U.S. Representatives Support Hospital 340B Concerns

Staff Contact: Daniel Landon

More than 200 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar voicing concerns with drug manufacturers’ emerging efforts to restrict coverage of the 340B drug discount program. Seven of the eight U.S. Representatives from Missouri are signatories to the letter: Reps. Ann Wagner, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Vicky Hartzler, William “Lacy” Clay, Emanuel Cleaver II, Jason Smith and Sam Graves. MHA thanks them for their support and leadership on this issue, which is a federal advocacy priority for MHA.

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Quality and Population Health


CMS Reminds Hospitals Of HCAHPS Submission Deadline

Staff Contact: Sherry Buschjost

Wednesday, Oct. 7, is the submission deadline for the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems patient perspectives on care survey data for second quarter 2020 discharges (April 1 – June 30). On March 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that all providers are excepted from the reporting of Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program measure data for the October 2020 submission deadline; however, all participating hospitals are encouraged to submit data if they can.

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TJC Posts Specifications Manual Version 2020B2

Staff Contact: Sherry Buschjost

The specifications manual for The Joint Commission National Quality Measures, version 2020B2, and associated release notes have been posted to TJC’s website. Key changes made to the manual include updates to the measure information forms for SUB-2a and TOB-2a denominator populations and a clarification to these algorithms related to the denominator populations. Version 2020B2 is effective with discharges July 1 through Dec. 31, 2020.

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Consider This …

September is Sepsis Awareness Month. Sepsis is the primary cause of readmission to the hospital, costing more than $3.5 billion each year.


Source: Sepsis Alliance

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