This Week in Health Care, July 28, 2010
Every Wednesday, Stateside Associates selects some health care-related state events to highlight in This Week in Health Care.
To provide feedback, or for more information about these issues or Stateside Associates’ Health Care Practice, please contact Robert Holden at (703) 525-7466 or rah@stateside.com.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Department of Health Care Finance will accept comments until 07/31/10 concerning a rule which will establish a new payment distribution for hospitals that qualify as disproportionate share hospitals. Mark Brook at mb@stateside.com
ILLINOIS
The Department of Public Health will accept comments until 08/02/10 concerning amendments to its Hospital Licensing requirements which implement Public Acts 96-445 and 96-343. Robert Axelrod at ra@stateside.com
IOWA
The Board of Pharmacy will accept comments until 07/30/10 concerning requirements for pharmacists to be authorized to administer vaccines. David Kennedy at dak@stateside.com
LOUISIANA
The Department of Health and Hospitals will accept comments until 07/29/10 concerning a rule which governs the minimum licensing standards for home and community-based services providers. Robert Axelrod at ra@stateside.com
The Department of Health and Hospitals will accept comments until 07/29/10 concerning provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for medical equipment, supplies and appliances. Robert Axelrod at ra@stateside.com
MINNESOTA
The House Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee will meet 07/29/10 to receive an update on steps being taken to address building deficiencies at the forensic nursing home in St. Peter and hold a discussion on health care administration, led by the Department of Human Services. Katie Boyer at kbb@stateside.com
MISSOURI
A primary election will be held 08/03/10 that includes Proposition C, a ballot measure which would bar any law from requiring a person to purchase health insurance and prohibit government fines for people who do not purchase health insurance. Carly Simpson at cms@stateside.com
NEBRASKA
The Department of Health and Human Services will accept comments until 07/31/10 concerning amendments to Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement Methodology rules. Robert Axelrod at ra@stateside.com
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs Committee will hold a work session 08/03/10 to discuss H.B. 380, which would establish a long-term care commission in New Hampshire. Carly Simpson at cms@stateside.com
SOUTH DAKOTA
The Department of Social Services will accept comments until further notice concerning the Medicaid State Plan prescription drugs reimbursement methodology. Becky Lukaesko at bml@stateside.com
