{"id":"NH-015","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Hampshire","state":"NH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Christopher T. Sununu","authority":"Executive Order 2020-04 sec. 18 as extended by Executive Order 2020-05","instrument":"Emergency Order #30","title":"Temporary requirements regarding healthcare provided in alternative settings","dateIssued":"2020-04-09","effective":"2020-04-09","end":"Duration of the state of emergency","startDate":"2020-04-09","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["hospitals","all health insurance carriers regulated by the Insurance Department, RSA 5-B plans, Medicaid MCOs","ambulatory surgical centers, nursing facilities, rehabilitation hospitals"],"clause":"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","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures (ASC capacity diverted to acute care)","IP surge capacity","CB payers","MC convention centers as care sites"],"notes":"Records the State\u0027s conversion of elective-procedure settings to surge capacity in April 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt336/files/documents/emergency-order-30.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200626073339/https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt336/files/documents/emergency-order-30.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1023268,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NH","url":"/library/NH-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NH-015","citation":"Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Emergency Order #30 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. NH-015)","stateName":"New Hampshire","related":["NH-014","NH-013","NH-012","NH-040","NH-016","NH-044","NH-009","NH-011","NH-041","NH-006","NH-007","NH-008"]}