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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.
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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.
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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.
Case Studies
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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
Case Studies
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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.
Action Alert
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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.
Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Proposals

The Biden Administration recently released a series of Executive Orders (EOs) related to the COVID-19 pandemic. One EO includes provisions for the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider whether an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), including with respect to mask wearing, is necessary, and, if so, to issue an ETS by March 15. Proposals to include a congressional requirement for OSHA to promulgate an ETS also are being considered as part of negotiations on the next COVID-19 relief package.
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Plaintiffs' Response to Order to Show Cause Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Reply in Support

Plaintiffs' Response to Order to Show Cause Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Reply in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction Re: 340B Contract Pharmacy
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Order to show Cause RE: Dismissal for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction

Order to show Cause RE: Dismissal for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
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AHA, others urge Congress to provide additional relief from Medicare sequester cuts as part of year-end legislation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it is extending the third quarter 2020 data submission deadlines for several of its quality reporting and value programs for hospitals, post-acute care and other providers.