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1/ Important #NSA update as @CMSGov has posted "a checklist of reqs. for group health plans" after rec'g @ACEPNow @EDPMA letters & examples detailing numerous instances of #healthplan non-compliance w/ regs; 2/ The agency details several of most impactful non-compliance issues...
2/ health plans requiring that physicians/hospitals proceed through hosted website by the carrier to initiate the req. 30 day open negotiation period + lack of QPA info. + lack of health plan name, address AND email for sending the open negotiation notice 3/CMS states clearly....
3/ that the initial payment should be an amount the health plan "reasonably intends to be payment in full) (p. 2); 4/ CMS makes clear that the "clock" for the 30 day open negotiation period notice begins to run upon sending the notice, not per an "acceptance process or website".
As #MedTwitter regulars, you may have already heard that the #SurvivingSepsis Campaign has released the updated 2021 version of the International #Guidelines for Management of #Sepsis and #SepticShock!
But have you gone thru the updates yet?
A #Tweetorial (1/x):
But have you gone thru the updates yet?
A #Tweetorial (1/x):
There are 93 #recommendations made in the new publication. I don’t have time to write (or read) that kind of #Tweetorial and neither do you. That’s what the publication is for -> journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Cit… !
But let’s hit the ✨highlights✨ starring Table 1: (2/x)
But let’s hit the ✨highlights✨ starring Table 1: (2/x)
Why we care (and we care so much!): Sepsis and septic shock affect millions of people globally each year, and kills somewhere between 1/6 and 1/3 of those diagnosed with the #syndrome. 1/3!!! 😳😢 (3/x)
As an Emergency physician and a Navy veteran, I'm calling on social media companies to permanently ban Dr. Simone Gold and America's Frontline Doctors from their platform. Here's why. 1/x
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Gold may now state that she regrets being part of the group of insurrectionists who attacked our democracy on Jan. 6th. But she WAS a part of it, and their traitorous actions resulted in five unnecessary deaths. 2/x 
Not only that, but from a medical perspective, Gold was extremely reckless in joining a group of largely maskless rioters who didn't socially distance whatsoever. These actions go directly against the science we know helps prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 disease. 3/x
