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The date facilities must start obtaining informed consent to intimate patient examinations.
What is Jan. 1, 2024?
Frequency with which hospitals must report on the number of extended stay and boarding patients under the age of 21.
A: What is quarterly? The first report will be due in January 2024 and hospitals must report four times total.
Engagement opportunities for questions on hospital discounted care.
What is office hours? Our HDC team holds office hours every Wednesday from 9-10 a.m. in which hospitals can join and ask our program experts questions. The link to join that meeting can be found on our HDC website page.
The section of Colorado statute that governs civil involuntary commitment.
What is 27-65? Significant changes were made to the 27-65 statute that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
Due date for hospital discounted care reporting.
What is Sept. 1?
Process for survey concerns.
What is CMS? CDPHE is the state survey agency for CMS. CMS provides a rigid, different set of rules compared to The Joint Commission.
The date hospitals have to post their Medicare rates online.
What is Oct. 1? These may be in a separate downloadable file but, by Feb. 1, 2024, Medicare rates must be included in the comprehensive machine-readable file. HCPF recommends they should be added as another “payer.”
The date hospitals must submit annual reports on their nurse staffing plans.
What is at the time of the license renewal process? CDPHE has created a dedicated submission portal for hospital convenience. The link can be found in our health facilities blog.
Involvement in shaping the future of behavioral health policy in Colorado.
What is engage with Behavioral Health Administration? The BHA has many opportunities for stakeholder engagement. To name a few, we hold monthly town halls and provider convenings.
The time frame within which a funeral director must file a certificate of death.
What is 72 hours? Senate Bill 23-020 shortens the timeframe from five days to 72 hours.
Due date when hospitals need to submit the new financial transparency reporting requirements.
What is three different dates? These are:
Februrary for quarterly financial reporting;
July 1, 2024, for one-time report;
Next summer for additional reporting elements that will be incorporated into next year’s transparency report.
BHA assistance if hospitals have a patient in crisis that they are unable to locate appropriate placement options for.
What is care coordination? Per HB 22-1256, the BHA will develop and provide care coordination services and support facilities with placement options following facility notification.
Number of new requirements that hospitals will be required to comply with per the facility fee bill (House Bill 23-1215).
What is three? Starting July 1, 2024, hospitals are required to:
1. Not bill facility fees for preventive services;
2. Provide billing disclosures to patients;
3. Notify patients of change of ownership.
The timeline for the new disaggregated reporting requirements for hospitals.
What is July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025? The data must be collected starting July 1, 2024, and will be due to the BHA starting July 1, 2025.
Stakeholder engagement in new regulations implementing what is known as the “Patient Right to Know” Act.
What is monthly stakeholder calls? CDPHE is holding monthly stakeholder calls from now until April on the fourth Tuesday of every month.