Announcements

HB1235 Implantable Medical Devices

The Regulatory Research Committee is holding a public hearing May 20, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. to solicit input on views concerning House Bill 1235 (2014) Implantable Medical Devices distributed by medical device distributors in which a physician has an ownership interest in the Commonwealth. Public comment will be received until June 20, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Read the study provided by the Office of Inspector General.

Federal Rules in Place Regarding Dialysis Patient Care Technicians

In order to meet US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for reimbursement for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) services federal regulations effective April 15, 2010 require facilities' technicians who have been employed since October 14, 2008 to be certified within 18 months of their date of hire.

Virginia's statutes and regulations require certification within 24 months regardless of the payment system for End Stage Renal Disease services. The CMS rules requiring certification within 18 months apply to federal reimbursement.

Attached for your reference is an explanatory letter from October 2009 from CMS to State Survey Agency Directors. In the Commonwealth this is the function of the Virginia Department of Health.

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/downloads/SCLetter10_03.pdf

Dialysis patient care technician info

Attention: dialysis patient care technician trainees, supervising registered nurses, and other interested parties, information on provisional practice for persons receiving training to become dialysis patient care technicians is available on the Board of Health Professions' webpage on the Laws and Regulations page.