APIC
Chapter 38
APIC
Chapter 38
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
How a Bill Becomes a Law in New York State
What
is "Rule-Making" in New York ?
What
is the "Rule-Making" Process ?
New York State Department of Heath - Infection Control
Mandatory Reporting of HAI's in New York
State: Chapter 284
of the Public Health Law was signed
into law on July 19, 2005. This law requires hospitals to report
to the department of health
information on hospital acquired infections. Pilot phase reporting (no
public reporting by hospital name)
will begin January 1, 2007. Annual reports issued after that time
(HAI rates for 2008) will provide
data by hospital. Reports will include: 1) Central-line related
bloodstream infections, and 2) select
Surgical Site Wound Infections associated with critical care
units. Reporting will not be required
more than every 6 months.
Link to Amendment to Public Health Law
Link to HICPAC Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
NEW NYSDOH HAI PROGRAM 2008 UPDATES:
Link to NYSDOH HAI Reporting Program Update Powerpoint November 2007
Link to NYSDOH Protocol Updates for 2008
Link to: NYSDOH HAI
PROGRAM: CUSTOM FIELDS FOR NHSN:
BSI-BLOODSTREAM INFECTION EVENT FORM (rev. 01/08)
Link to: NYSDOH HAI PROGRAM: REVISED CLABSI CUSTOM FIELD LABELING INSTRUCTIONS
Our Federal, State and Local Elected Officials
New York State Senate and Assembly Committee Members:
Senate: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/statdoc/scomlist.html
Assembly: http://assembly.state.ny.us/comm/?sel=mem$id=19
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) and Present On Admission (POA) Indicator:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) is pleased to announce the launch of the new Hospital-Acquired Conditions
(HAC) and Present on Admission (POA) Indicator web page to provide reliable and
timely information for affected providers on this quality of care initiative.
Section 5001(c) of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) required CMS to identify, by
October 1, 2007, at least two conditions that are (a) high cost or high volume
or both, (b) result in the assignment of a case to a DRG that has a higher
payment when present as a secondary diagnosis, and (c) could reasonably have
been prevented through the application of evidence based guidelines. CMS has
implemented POA reporting for all diagnoses to identify hospital-acquired
conditions. Payment and reporting requirements are further explained on the
dedicated web page.
All information pertaining to HAC & POA can be found at:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalAcqCond/ on the web. This page offers
information on regulations, reporting, coding, and affected hospitals. Stay
tuned for more information and educational products to be available, free of
charge, on the HAC & POA web site, in the upcoming months.