{"id":"GA-048","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King","authority":"O.C.G.A. Title 33; Governor\u0027s Public Health State of Emergency","instrument":"Directive 20-EX-9","title":"Suspension of Preauthorization Requirements for Post-Acute Placements","dateIssued":"2020-12-03","effective":"2020-12-03","end":"60 days (to Feb. 1, 2021), subject to further evaluation","startDate":"2020-12-03","endDate":"2021-02-01","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all licensed health insurers","HMOs","prepaid health plans"],"clause":"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\u0027s directive to licensees","functions":["IN insurer preauthorization function","IN intake and referrals for skilled nursing, home health, rehabilitation and LTACH","IP hospital discharge"],"notes":"Winter 2020-21 hospital-capacity instrument.","sourceUrl":"https://oci.georgia.gov/document/directive/directive-20-ex-9-suspension-preauthorization-requirements-post-acute-placements/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":220445,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"GA","url":"/library/GA-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/GA-048","citation":"Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-9 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. GA-048)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["GA-029","GA-049"]}