Indiana Association for Healthcare Quality
Indiana Association for Healthcare Quality
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Updated Quality Measures Table Reflects Final Outpatient, ASC and ESRD Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued their final rules their Prospective Payment Systems that affect the quality measure reporting requirements for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers for calendar year 2023, and for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities for payment year 2023. IHA has updated the quality measures table to reflect these changes. For questions regarding the quality measures table, please contact Elaine Pittman at 317-423-7735 or epittman@IHAconnect.org.
Web Tracking Technologies
The discussion of web tracking technologies first came to light in June of 2022, through an investigative report published by The Markup, which reported that health care organizations across the country may have installed the Meta Pixel on their patient portal and other patient-facing websites and that the Pixel appeared to be transmitting PHI to Meta.
Several entities have reported HIPAA breaches relating to their use of web tracking technologies, and there are numerous pending investigations by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), State Attorneys General, and Congress. Class action lawsuits are also regularly being filed against health care organizations that utilize web tracking technologies.
On Dec. 1, 2022, OCR released a bulletin on the use of web tracking technologies by covered entities and business associates, which outlined concerns and provided guidance for ensuring HIPAA compliance when utilizing web tracking technologies.
Hospitals utilizing web tracking technologies on any web pages should work with legal counsel to undertake a detailed forensic investigation to understand what those technologies are collecting and transmitting and to determine whether or not a HIPAA violation may have occurred.
INspire Recognition Held During Labor of Love
The Indiana Hospital Association, in partnership with Governor Eric Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Kris Box, recently held the third annual INspire Hospital of Distinction recognition program during the Labor of Love Summit.
INspire, funded by the Indiana Department of Health’s Safety PIN grant, was developed to encourage the implementation of best practice care for Hoosier moms and babies and recognize hospitals for excellence in addressing key drivers of maternal and infant health.
Recognition is based on six key areas, including infant safe sleep, breastfeeding, tobacco prevention and cessation, perinatal substance use, obstetric hemorrhage, and maternal hypertension.
In 2018, the state of Indiana received a challenge from Governor Eric Holcomb to reduce Indiana’s infant mortality rate and become the best in the Midwest by 2024.
Also during Labor of Love, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Health, IHA distributed nearly 1,500 blood pressure cuff kits from the Preeclampsia Foundation to Indiana’s delivering facilities. Hospitals were allocated kits based on their size and admission rates for severe preeclampsia & eclampsia. These kits provide women with the tools and support to monitor their blood pressure at home. It includes a quality blood pressure monitor, education on the importance and proper way to check their blood pressure, and warning signs on when to call their provider.
2022 INspire Recognized Hospitals
The 2023 INspire program will launch later this month.
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