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Emergency Order #30

Temporary requirements regarding healthcare provided in alternative settings

Governor Christopher T. Sununu · New Hampshire (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Hampshire
Level
State
Authority
Executive Order 2020-04 sec. 18 as extended by Executive Order 2020-05
Issued
2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-04-09
End
Duration of the state of emergency (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Apr. 9, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • hospitals
  • all health insurance carriers regulated by the Insurance Department, RSA 5-B plans, Medicaid MCOs
  • ambulatory surgical centers, nursing facilities, rehabilitation hospitals
Functions reached
  • SX surgery and elective procedures (ASC capacity diverted to acute care)
  • IP surge capacity
  • CB payers
  • MC convention centers as care sites
Collection
New Hampshire NH

Operative words

hospitals across the state are implementing their emergency preparedness plans to treat patients in alternative care sites (ACS), or to transfer or divert patients to other hospitals based on current capacity. Examples of an ACS may include schools, auditoriums, convention centers, as well as health care provider organizations such as ambulatory surgical centers, nursing facilities, or rehabilitation hospitals typically serving patients receiving elective procedures or non-acute care. 2.... all health insurance carriers... are hereby required to consider all medically necessary, covered ACS services, or services provided to transferred or diverted patients, as in-network and to reimburse such services at the in-network rate.

Enforcement

Insurance Department; RSA 21-P:47

Notes

Records the State's conversion of elective-procedure settings to surge capacity in April 2020.