{"id":"NE-022","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nebraska (all districts)","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer","authority":"Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-502 and 81-601; 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6","instrument":"Directed Health Measure Orders of Nov. 13, 2020 (e.g., 2020-DCHD-014)","title":"Directed Health Measures effective Nov. 16, 2020 (elective surgery pause)","dateIssued":"2020-11-13","effective":"2020-11-16","end":"2020-12-11 (yellow phase from Dec. 12, 2020 allowed inpatient elective surgeries with a 10 percent reserve)","startDate":"2020-11-16","endDate":"2020-12-11","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["HC","GATH","CAP","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["acute care, critical access and children\u0027s hospitals","all addressees of NE-021"],"clause":"Temporarily halts elective surgeries that can wait 4+ weeks without substantially changing patient outcome [Husch Blackwell summary of the Nov. 16 DHM]; DHHS Dec. 2, 2020: \u0027Many elective surgeries requiring an inpatient hospital stay are restricted\u0027; DHHS measure table (NE-023): orange \u0027All Inpatient Class D \u0026 E Surgeries Postponed\u0027; red \u0027All Inpatient Class C, D \u0026 E Surgeries Postponed\u0027","enforcement":"DHHS formula","functions":["SX elective inpatient surgery","IP inpatient capacity","OC","CB patients"],"notes":"Announced Nov. 13-16, 2020 with the five-phase color framework; the State was in the orange phase from Nov. 14 through Dec. 11, 2020","sourceUrl":"http://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/DCHD-DHM-November13.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NE","url":"/library/NE-022","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer, Directed Health Measure Orders of Nov. 13, 2020 (e.g., 2020-DCHD-014) (Ex. NE-022)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["NE-097","NE-090","NE-023","NE-021","NE-110","NE-025","NE-038","NE-039","NE-018","NE-037","NE-026"]}