Action needed: Write to the Senate Budget Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee and ask them to reject the governor’s budget proposal that would require hospitals to specify, assign, and spend a specified percentage of their community benefits dollars through community-based organizations. CHA has developed a template letter and key messages about the proposal for […]
Action needed: Write to the Senate Health Committee, asking members to SUPPORT Senate Bill (SB) 958, related to health plans’ medication policies that negatively impact patient safety, and to Sen. Anna Caballero to SUPPORT SB 1212, related to health care staffing agencies’ billing practices. CHA has developed template letters and key messages about the bills […]
Action needed: CHA is asking hospital leaders to send a letter to your U.S. representative and senators and urge them to support hospitals and their staff with additional financial relief during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. CHA’s letter to the California congressional delegation may be used as a template for members’ outreach. CHA encourages members to include hospital-specific information in the letter, […]
Action needed: Call or email your U.S. representative and urge them to sign on to a “Dear Colleague” letter asking the White House to enlist the support of federal agencies to investigate reports of anticompetitive behavior from nurse staffing agencies. These anticompetitive practices have exacerbated significant workforce challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Find your representative’s contact information […]
Action needed: Call and write your state senator and ask them to oppose Senate Bill (SB) 213 (Cortese, D-Silicon Valley), which would create a workers’ compensation presumption for acute care hospital employees, without any evidence of widespread or wrongful denial of benefits for workers injured on the job. Find contact information for your senator on the state Legislature’s site. Timing: […]
Action needed: Call or email your U.S. representative and urge them to co-sponsor the bipartisan Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act (H.R. 5963), which would allow hospitals and health systems to quickly access remaining funds from the Provider Relief Fund and expand flexibility for how and when the funds can be used. Find your representative’s contact […]
Action needed: Call or email your U.S. representative and urge them to sign on to a letter to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor asking the agencies to correct the independent dispute resolution process included in the second No Surprises Act interim final rule. Find your representative’s contact information via this online directory. […]
Action needed: Call or email your U.S. representative and senator and urge them to support bipartisan legislation extending the deadline to spend Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments. Find your representative’s contact information via this online directory. Find your senator’s contact information via this online directory. Timing: Call or email your representative and senator by October […]
Action needed: Follow up with your state senators and assembly members to urge them to support a proposal through this year’s state budget process that would refocus 2030 hospital seismic requirements on emergency services and provide additional time for hospitals to comply. It is critical that hospitals maintain their presence with legislators to address some misinformation […]
Action needed: Call or email your U.S. representative and urge them to sign on to a California delegation letter to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Becerra calling for the urgent distribution of the remaining Provider Relief Funds. To find your representative’s contact information: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative Ask your member of Congress to contact the sponsor of […]