OSHA ETS
Original Message:
Sent: 06-14-2021 14:56
From: Drew Voytal
Subject: OSHA announces new COVID-19 temporary emergency standard for healthcare settings
Good afternoon MGMA members,
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) with implications for health care employers. The landing page for the ETS can be found here and the fact sheet can be found here. Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, the compliance deadline for most provisions is within 14 days and within 30 days for the rest.
Some of the requirements in the ETS include:
- developing a “COVID-19 plan” that includes a workplace-specific hazard assessment
- cleaning and disinfection guidelines
- health screening and medical management protocols, and
- physical distance and physical barrier guidelines.
For the full list of requirements under the ETS, see the rule. Certain requirements are waived if workers are vaccinated and are in well-defined areas where there is no reasonable expectation that a person with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 will be present. For more information, see the FAQ.
Thanks,
Emergency Temporary Standards
FINALLY! a flow chart that helps make since of some of this.
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Has Performance given you the Blues?
I mean the Blue Cross Blues.
If you end up among the physicians covered in a wide-ranging quality program launched by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX), you’ll get to see your score for the first time next month.
What’s that score going to look like?
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Physician Directory
TRUST ME,
you need to
Having the Physician Directory at your finger tips is always a plus.
If you would like it in excel, just let POET know.
We would be delighted to get that for you.
Sam.gov
You may have noticed Sam.gov has changed.
POET has been working to find an easy way for you to check for exclusion.
We haven’t given up just yet.
But for those of you that need a process in order to stay on your monthly schedule, follow the link below.
We understand this is a very redundant process.
However, every person in your employment has to be checked on all 3 government websites monthly.
Office of the Inspector General TX Health and Human Services
Information blocking requirements now in effect: Is your practice in compliance?
Hear what you need to do to comply with new information blocking regulations firsthand from the Biden Administration’s top health technology official, Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. MGMA will host an information blocking webinar to review the regulations along with a live Q&A on June 17 at 1PM. Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Anders Gilberg will host this interactive session with Dr. Tripathi to help medical groups comply with ONC’s information blocking requirements that went into effect in April. Reserve your spot today.
POET has registered for this webinar. If you are interested in joining us to watch, please call to reserve a spot.
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As of May 1, hospitals are now REQUIRED to electronically share their admit, discharge, and/or transfer (ADT) notices with the patient’s established primary care physician (pcp), group, or other practitioner identified by the patient.
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