{"id":"PA-025","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.","authority":"35 P.S. § 521.5; hospital licensure, 35 P.S. § 448.808","instrument":"Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity","title":"Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity","dateIssued":"2020-11-23","effective":"2020-11-23","end":"2021-08-23 (terminated by PA-101)","startDate":"2020-11-23","endDate":"2021-08-23","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["acute care hospitals"],"clause":"Section 2: Rapid Reduction of Elective Procedures. A. Upon notice from the Department (Reduction Notice), an Acute Care Hospital located in a Region that has been determined by the Department to meet two (2) or more of the metrics under Subsection B shall reduce by fifty percent (50%) elective procedures that are scheduled to be performed at the Acute Care Hospital in the seven (7) days following the effective date of the Reduction Notice. B.... 1. Staffing Shortage - Thirty-three percent (33%) or more of hospitals in the Region anticipate staffing shortages within the next week. 2. COVID-19 Surge - A greater than fifty percent (50%) increase in the moving average of COVID-19 admissions in the Region has occurred in the last forty-eight (48) hours. 3. Inadequate Bed Availability - Less than ten percent (10%) of the total staffed medical/surgical beds in a Region are anticipated to be available...","enforcement":"Secretary of Health order; hospital licensure","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","CB patients of hospitals and referring practices","SC device and implant suppliers"],"notes":"A standing hospital instrument in force through Aug. 23, 2021, i.e., for the first 54 days of the third quarter of 2021; whether Reduction Notices issued and for which regions is not verified.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201123-Order-of-the-Secretary-Regional-Reduction-of-Elective-Procedures-Signed.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201126011846/https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201123-Order-of-the-Secretary-Regional-Reduction-of-Elective-Procedures-Signed.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":207555,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-025","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-025","citation":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. PA-025)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-101","PA-069","PA-071","PA-027","PA-072","PA-021","PA-022","PA-020","PA-078","PA-113","PA-028","PA-019"]}