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Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia
3040 Williams Drive, Suite 200
Fairfax, Virginia 22031
HSANV staff are on a hybrid schedule and telecommute most days. We are located within the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) offices, which are open on a limited basis.
Virginia COPN Program & Recent Updates:
- Note: the state makes any determination as to whether Certificate of Need is required.
2023 Virginia Legislative Session
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Facility Profiles:
Hospital inpatient utilization profiles for all Virginia acute care hospitals:
County Profiles:
Inpatient acute care patient use profiles for all Virginia residents by county of residence:
NVA Demographic Quick Facts for NVA Counties
Trend Charts Virginia Health Planning Regions:
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Historic Inpatient Trends:
Beds, Days, Occupancy and ED Visits
Economic Population Demographics
- Northern Virginia Comparative Economic Characteristics 2015 - 2019 ACS by County (Excel Workbook)
Leading Causes of Death
Leading Causes of Death with tables by PD/County/Independent City for Virginia residents (Excel)
Leading Causes of Death Charts Northern Virginia, Virginia rand United Stated 2010-2019 (PDF)
Covid-19: Data Charts (PDF)
In the News
- Hospitals say New Mexico's rising malpractice payout cap puts insurance out of reach (SantaFe News)
- Albany-area hospitals continue to see longest ER wait times in state (Times Union)
- Cannabis related hospital visits are on the rise in Virginia, specifically among kids and teens (WVEC on MSN)
- Maximizing Nonprofit Hospitals’ Role In Community Health Improvement (Health Affairs)
- Half of Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Left Plan After 5 Years (Health Payer)
- Nursing Homes Must Boost Staffing Under First-Ever National Standards (WSJ on MSN)
- Patients in public hospitals experience more discharge delays: Study (Beckers)
- As pharmaceutical companies bemoan Medicare’s drug negotiations, hospitals and doctors stay mum (STAT)
- HHS Scores Win in Low-Income Medicare Payment Row With Hospitals (BloombergLaw)
- Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs Saved $1.8B in 2022, CMS Reports (RevCycle)
- Cigna Accused of Using AI, Not Doctors, to Deny Claims: Lawsuit (Medscape)
- Medicare slashes safety net hospital payments on estimate that more people have insurance (STAT)
- Health insurers don’t want you to know where your money is going (Crains)
- Why going critical access was 'not a hard decision' for a Maine hospital (Beckers)
- Uninsured rate hits record low, just as millions start losing Medicaid coverage (The Hill)
- What Happens When Private Equity Buys Your Doctor's Office? (Time)
- Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm. A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. Markets.(NYT)
- Be Aware: Someone Could Steal Your Medical Records and Bill You for Their Care (KFF)
- HCA's Sam Hazen states that an internal investigation finds the private information of approximately 11 million patients was compromised (Health Care Finance)
- Health data of 1.7 million Oregon residents accessed by MOVEit hackers (TechCrunch)
- Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 612K Medicare Recipients (Kiplinger/MSN)
- The biggest health care data breaches you should know about in Virginia (Stacker)
- AHA, BCBSA urge CMS to ditch conflicting requirements in prior authorization reform proposal (Fierce Health)
- State (Connecticut) creates nursing home ownership transparency rules ahead of federal action (McKnights)
- Docs shift to larger, hospital-owned practices to have more negotiation power with payers, AMA analysis finds (Fierce Health)
- FTC withdraws ‘outdated’ antitrust policy statements. Hospitals cry foul (HealthCareDive)
- Brief: What Share of Nursing Facilities Would Meet Possible New Staffing Requirements? (KFF)
- Few nursing homes would comply with recommended staffing standard, analysis shows (AXIOS)
- Over a year after nursing home staffing law, NY homes still fail to meet mandates (Crains)
- AHCA to White House: Nursing home staffing mandate spells ‘disaster’ (McKnights)
- Taking a Look at 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Implementation One Year After Launch (KFF)
- Virginia sees 50% increase in people using 988 during crisis hotline’s first year (WSLS)
- VA lays groundwork for first major survey of moral injury in veterans (Military Times)
- Medicare has a new plan to address drug shortages — but it could backfire (STAT)
- 12 Highest-Cost States for Medicare Drug Bills (ThinkAdvisor)
- 10 Prescription Drugs Took Up 22% of Medicare Part D Spending in 2021 (MedCity)
- New Virginia law requires hospitals to post price list online (WRIC)
- Hospitals, health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches (Beckers)
- HCA Healthcare hit with at least 4 class-action lawsuits days after disclosing massive data breach (Fierce Health)
- Johns Hopkins hit with class action suit following data breach (HealthCareDive)
- HCA reports data security incident affecting estimated 11M patients (HealthCareDive)
- CMS Proposes Payment Cuts in CY24 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (RevCycle)
- Medicare 2024 Base Pay Cut Announcement Spurs Calls for Reform (Medscape)
- Alarming’ COVID-19 treatment rates in nursing homes discovered (McKnights
- New Virginia law requires hospitals to post price list online (WRIC)
- Health Connect America Gets Fined $4.6M for Wrongful Billing of Virginia Medicaid (MedCity)
- Nearly 3 million people cut from Medicaid coverage even though many might still be eligible (MSN/CNBC)
- Expanding Medicaid improved care without crowding out other patients (MedicalXpress)
- Medi-Cal’s Fragmented System Can Make Moving a Nightmare (KHN)
- How UnitedHealth’s acquisition of a popular Medicare Advantage algorithm sparked internal dissent over denied care (STAT)
- Richmond healthcare services company owner sentenced to 51 months in prison for fraud (Augusta Free Press)
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Who Cannot Undergo Surgery (Medscape)
- Researchers discover new opportunities for preventing kidney injury following cardiac surgery (MedicalXpress)
- Long-term Mortality and Pacing Outcomes of Patients with Permanent Pacemaker Implantation after Cardiac Surgery (Medscape)
- Wider access to health insurance via Medicaid expansion improved cardiac care (Eureka!)
- The top 10 nonprofit health systems by 2022 operating revenue (Fierce Health)
- Lawmakers pass on increasing nursing home staffing minimums but hike transparency requirements (McKnights)
- The 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule aims to curb any interference with electronic health information. Despite this, some hospitals still report possible instances of information blocking (EHRIntel)
- Study:Experiences with information blocking in the United States: a national survey of hospitals (JAMIA)
- What's Changed Since HCA's Takeover of Mission Health? (Medpage)
- Podcast (w/Transcript): Kelsey Owsley on 340B's Effect on Oncology Services (Health Affairs)
- AHIP Urges 4 Types of Policies to Reduce Healthcare Spending (Health Payer)
- Brief: Health Care Affordability Improved Between 2019 and 2022 Under Pandemic Health Coverage Policies (RWJ)
- The hospital association said the proposed update to the market basket of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System is inadequate, citing market forces and workforce woes (RevCycle)
- Nursing homes serving Black residents found to have greater hospitalizations, emergency department visits (MedicalXpress)
- Nursing home residents reluctant to voice concerns, report abuse or neglect for fear of retaliation: survey (The Hill)
- United Healthcare draws fire from docs over new prior authorization policy for colonoscopies (Fierce Health)Using
- COVID-19 positive donor hearts may impact post-transplant survival (MedicalXpress)
- Court Upholds ACA Preventive Care Compliance Amid Legal Proceedings (Health Payer)
- No Surprises Act IDR Process Once Again Exceeds Utilization Expectations (Health Leaders)
- Independent Dispute Resolution Case Load 14X More Than Expected (RevCycle)
- Monopoly concerns push FTC to sue to block Amgen’s more than $26B deal for Horizon (The Hill)
- Complementary and Alternative Medicines in HF: Key Takeaways From the AHA Statement (Medscape)
- Hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff (WPR/NPR)
- Data leak may affect patients of multiple Virginia health care providers (Daily Press)
- State Lawmakers (Oregon) Eye Forced Treatment to Address Overlap in Homelessness and Mental Illness (KFF)
- An opportunity to enhance our model': Geisinger CEO Dr. Jaewon Ryu on Risant Health (Beckers)
- Kaiser Permanente discloses timeline, financial commitments for its VBC megadeal with Geisinger Health (Fierce Health)
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals' new nonprofit Risant Health is acquiring Geisinger Health (Health Care Finance)
- Civil trial begins for first US nursing home with COVID outbreak, deaths (McKnights)
- The Health Plan Price Transparency Data Files Are a Mess- States Can Help Make Them Better (Health Affairs)
- VA renegotiates health record modernization contract (MSN)
- Razor Thin Margins Leave Hospitals Vulnerable to a Recession (RevCycle)
- Artificial intelligence is infiltrating health care. We shouldn’t let it make all the decisions (MIT Technology Review)
- Dr. Karen Shelton appointed as next Virginia State Health Commissioner (August Free Press)
- While the benefits of hospital-at-home programs are becoming apparent, providers may face several barriers to implementation, including developing and updating clinical workflows (Health Intelligence)
- How Hawaii plans to advance pediatric emergency care (Beckers)
- Senate COVID origins report details lab leak theory (Axios/MSN)
- The federal department has released ownership data for all Medicare-certified hospice and home health agencies to increase healthcare transparency (RevCycle)
- Pandemic-era Medicare pay bump not enough to cover hospitals' 17.5% expense growth, AHA argues (Fierce Health)
- Lawmakers, union attack AHCA’s opposition to nursing home staffing mandate (McKnights)
- Opinion: It’s time to address the unaffordability of affordable health care (The Hill)
- The looming Medicaid purge is sending a chill through hospitals (Crains)
- Millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage as pandemic-era program ends (PBS)
- Heart injury biomarker may help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization, new study shows (MedicalXpress)
- Virginia nonprofit sues for Irvo Otieno hospital records in death probe (WP/MSN)
- How does medical inflation compare to inflation in the rest of the economy? (KFF)
- Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease See Higher Hospital Readmission Rates (Revcycle)
- Study: Readmission Rates and Episode Costs for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Across Hospitals in a Statewide Collaborative (JAMA Network)
- Research into directories of UnitedHealth, Elevance, Cigna, Aetna, and Humana uncovers inaccuracies that can lead to surprise billing and delays in care (Health Leaders)
- Study: Consistency of Physician Data Across Health Insurer Directories (JAMA Network)
- Kentucky governor vetoes attempt to scrap expanded Medicaid benefits (Beckers)
- Health insurers balk at price demands in Colorado governor’s signature health insurance program (Colorado Sun)
- Rising drug shortages pose national security threat, Senate panel says (The Hill)
- HHS plans revamp of US organ transplant network with updated IT, more competition (FierceHealth)
- eHealth Research Highlights Economic Factors that Drive Enrollment in Medicare Advantage vs Medicare Supplement (Market Watch)
- Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies as States Prepare for the Unwinding of the Pandemic-Era Continuous Enrollment Provision (KFF)
- Med Center and Top Cardio Surgeon Must Pay $8.5 Million for Fraud, Concurrent Surgeries (Medscape)
- Medicare Advantage, insuring 1 million patients in North Carolina, faces new challenges to costs, practices (NC Healthcare News)
- 2023 Medicare Advantage Enrollment Growth Has Shifted and Slowed (Health Payer)
- Office for Civil Rights brings 2 reports to Congress regarding state of HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity (Fierce Health)
- Georgia bill to replace certificate of need advances (Beckers)
- A new American Hospital Association report takes a closer look at the biggest challengers to healthcare's status quo (Health Leaders)
- Under a new program, rural hospitals could get more money — but they have to end inpatient care (Mississippi Today)
- Medicaid enrollees largely unaware of upcoming redeterminations, survey finds (HealthCareDive)
- Pandemic-era legislation allowed Medicaid programs to keep people continuously enrolled, but new data spells trouble for people and provider revenue when that expires (RevCycle)
- Doctors Are Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs (Medscape)
- North Carolina House overwhelmingly approves its latest plan to expand Medicaid (WGHP)
- FTC’s enforcement action against GoodRx unveiled a new regulatory threat. Should digital health apps be concerned? (HealthCareDive)
- White House announces plans to enhance transparency over nursing home ownership (The Hill)
- More than 75% of Tennessee's rural hospitals at high risk of closure (MSN)
- Youngkin administration hands health commissioner duties to Lindsay (MSN)
- Evaluation of Prices for Surgical Procedures Within and Outside Hospital Networks in the US (JAMA Network)
- U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes (Commonwelath Fund)
- We're Still Gonna Say No': Inside UnitedHealthcare's Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill (Pro Publica)
- Nonprofit hospitals may evade noncompete ban enforcement, experts say (HealthCareDive)
- Follow-up colonoscopy rates low after positive stool-based test (MedicalXpress)
- Colorectal Cancer: New Blood Test May Help Determine if Chemotherapy is Needed After Surgery (Healthline)
- Bill Targeting Minimum Staffing Standards, Value-Based Purchasing Gains Traction in Virginia (Skilled Nursing)
- Maryland lawmakers seek to remake the state’s health delivery system (Washington Post)
- How this law (No Surprise Act) reshaped medical billing, and what challenges remain for patients (PBS)
- The portal to resolve surprise bills has been inundated with disputes — SCP Health tops the list (HealthCareDive)
- The No Surprises Act and ‘Good Faith Estimate’: What Is It and When Is It Required (MedCityNews)
- Healthcare workers union petitions FDA to recall Fresenius dialysis machines (UPI)
- Ransomware Attacks at Record Levels; Healthcare Organizations Must Be Ready Via Data Security and Disaster Response Policies and Procedures (National Law Review)
- State Health Plan (NC) rejects appeals from Blue Cross NC and United Healthcare (Charlotte Observer)
- State, hospital association paint different pictures of Colorado nonprofit hospitals' finances (KUSA)
- More than 8 in 10 nursing homes face staffing shortages (The Hill); AHCH State of the Nursing Home Industry Study 2023 (ACHA)
- South Carolina lawmakers to consider ending part of approval process for new health care facilities (WBTW)
- Study says U.S. hospital giant HCA puts profits above patient care (NBC)
- Closing at UPMC hospital in central Pa. surprises, worries mayor of rural town (PennLive)
- Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022 (Gallup)
- Certificate of need changes in the Carolinas: What ASCs need to know in 2023 (Beckers)
- Providers, Payers In Ongoing “Tug-of-War” Over ED Coding, Study Says (RevCycle)
- CMS Proposes Bid to Speed Up Insurers' Prior Authorization Decisions (Medscape)
- Payer, Provider Orgs React to Prior Authorization Proposed Rule (HealthPayer)
- Considerations for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Its State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Public Health Partners (RWJF)
- Issue Brief: Patients and Providers Faced with Increasing Delays in Timely Discharges (AHA)
- High Deductibles Keep Some Women From Follow-Up After Troubling Mammogram (USNews)
- For-profit health systems HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and Community Health Systems have all had positive operating margins for most quarters during the pandemic (RevCycle)
- 7 Challenges, Opportunities for All-Payer Claims Databases (Health Payer)
- Critical changes in COVID-19 standards of care associated with improved mortality outcomes (MedicalXpress)
- Should older seniors risk major surgery? New research offers guidance (SFGate)
- Potential Effects of the Proposed Medicaid Eligibility Rule for Newly Enrolled Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees (KFF)
- AMA found that around a third of Medicare Advantage markets in 2021 had one insurer with a market share of 50 percent or more, indicating low competition levels (HealthPayer)
- Senate Dems urge action on false Medicare marketing (AXIOS)
- Hospitals likely face difficult service line decisions amid growing financial woes, Kaufman Hall warns (Fierce Health)
- CMS releases final payment rules for 2023: 15 takeaways (Becker’s)
- Half of hospitals spend just 1.4% of expenses on charity care, KFF finds (HealthcareDive)
- Rural Emergency Hospitals – CY 2023 OPPS Final Rule Includes Additional Information on New Medicare Provider Type (National Law Review)
- Lobbying Expenditures in the US Health Care Sector, 2000-2020 (JAMA Network)
- 'Calm before the storm': Health insurance costs set to spike after they stayed mostly flat in 2022, survey finds (MSN)
- Payment Policy And The Challenges Of Medicare And Medicaid Integration For Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries (Health Affairs)
- LCMC Health and Tulane University announce partnership with LCMC to acquire three HCA hospitals through the agreement (Tulane)
- U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen (US News)
- Home health services patients sue HHS secretary over Medicare policy (The Hill)
- Beleaguered Bright slashes footprint, fully exiting all ACA markets, nixing MA for 9 states with ony Caifonia and Florida left (Health Care Dive)
- Research Brief: The Role Of Administrative Waste In Excess US Health Spending (Health Affairs)
- CMS Seeks Input on National Directory of Healthcare Providers (RevCycle)
- Major worldwide study clusters long COVID symptoms into 3 groups (Fierce Health)
- If passed, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) could have significant implications for health data privacy outside of HIPAA (HealthIT)
- An ‘unprecedented’ hospital system hack disrupts health-care services (MSN)
- Patients for Profit - How Private Equity is Hijacking Health Care: Death Is Anything but a Dying Business as Private Equity Cashes In (KHN)
- NC Hospitals Propose to Fund Medicaid Expansion, Reform CON Laws (Health Payer)
- Emergency Out-of-Network Payments Were Twice the Benchmark Level (Medscape)
- Comparison of Estimated No Surprises Act Qualifying Payment Amounts and Payments to In-Network and Out-of-Network Emergency Medicine Professionals (JAMA Forum)
- ‘The Hell That They Put Me Through’: Nursing Homes Are Suing Caregivers for Debts They Don’t Owe, Regulator Says (Barrons)
- Amazon Care is shutting down at the end of 2022. Here's why (Fierce Health)
- Private equity bought a nursing home, leading to staff cuts and a decline in care (Marketplace)
- Atlanta Medical Center closure: What you need to know (Beckers)
- Major Atlanta hospital announces closure, drawing mayor’s ire (MPT/PBS)
- AI predicts demand for hospital beds for patients coming through emergency department (Medcial Xpress)
- National database for showing nursing home ownership has gaps, report says (Axios)
- How Can We Improve the Hospital Discharge Process?(Medpage)
- New rural hospital model draws interest — and questions (Crains)
- Buy and Bust: Collapse of Private Equity-Backed Rural Hospitals Mired Employees in Medical Bills (KHN)
- Colorado's new hospital price transparency law adds 'real teeth' to weak federal enforcement, experts say (Fierce Health)
Members of the public are invited to listen in on the
September 11, 2023 Board Meeting if they cannot attend in person:
Phone: +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
Meeting ID: 871 7006 8148 Passcode: 705732