SB469 HFA White, Varner, Ashley, Campbell, Stowers, Iaquinta, Cann, Anderson, Canterbury, Walters, Pasdon and Nelson 2-8 d1

     Delegate White and others move to amend the Engrossed Senate Bill on page eleven, section three, line eighty, by striking subdivisions eleven and twelve in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

    “(11) Initiating steps by the agency to adjust payment by the agency for the treatment of hospital acquired infections and related events consistent with the payment policies, operational guidelines and implementation timetable established by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency shall protect employees and retired employees from any adjustment in payment for hospital acquired infections; and

    (12) Initiating steps by the agency to reduce the number of employees and retired employees who experience avoidable readmissions to a hospital for the same diagnosis related group illness within thirty days of being discharged by a hospital in this state or another state consistent with the payment policies, operational guidelines and implementation timetable established by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services.”

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