The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. Title 33; Governor's Public Health State of Emergency
- Issued
- 2020-12-03 Dec. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-03
- End
- 60 days (to Feb. 1, 2021), subject to further evaluation (read as 2021-02-01)
- In force
- Dec. 3, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care orders
- Addressees
- all licensed health insurers
- HMOs
- prepaid health plans
- Functions reached
- IN insurer preauthorization function
- IN intake and referrals for skilled nursing, home health, rehabilitation and LTACH
- IP hospital discharge
- Collection
- Georgia GA
Operative words
Georgia hospitals are experiencing high demand on inpatient hospital services and are redeploying staff to provide direct patient care. Many hospitals are unable to admit new patients because delays in responses from health insurers have made it difficult to discharge current patients to lower levels of care.... preauthorization requirements for post-acute placements should be suspended for 60 days from the date of this Directive... including but not limited to skilled nursing facilities, home health, acute rehabilitation, and long-term acute care.
Enforcement
Regulator's directive to licensees
Notes
Winter 2020-21 hospital-capacity instrument.