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Late Tuesday, the state took an important step toward improving health care for millions of Californians when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 890, which allows highly qualified and certified nurse practitioners (NPs) to provide primary care as they practice to the full extent of their training.
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If this was a normal year, late September would be a good time to offer a light reminder to the public about getting a flu shot.
Doing so helps reduce avoidable strain on hospital emergency departments, helps kids stay in school, parents stay at work, and in the most severe cases, saves lives for people most susceptible to the virus.
But this is 2020.
So even something as routine as an annual flu shot reminder takes on heightened importance.
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On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intent to withdraw a proposal that would have cut total Medicaid funding by as much as $49 billion annually (8% of the program).
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Earlier this week, Governor Newsom shared some encouraging news about California’s COVID-19 positivity rate, which dropped by 2 percentage points, to 4%, over the past 14 days compared to the two weeks prior.
We’re moving in the right direction, but we would be remiss to think we’ve truly turned the corner on this pandemic. Rather, this progress means we must be even more vigilant, to guard against a premature resumption of activities that could set us back months.
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California’s 120 state assemblymembers and senators, like the rest of us, have been grappling with the new reality that COVID-19 has wrought. For the legislators and those who seek to influence them, it meant doing business very differently as they were pressed for time and consensus-building. It also meant a unique focus on taking action to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on Californians.
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“In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash.” – Douglas MacArthur
Technically, there are 11 days left in California’s 2020 legislative session, though if you account for the rule that says bills must be in print for 72 hours, it’s really slightly over a week.
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Through all of it – COVID-19, work/home adjustments, a brief sense of hope in June that this would be short-lived – the 2020 legislative session has slogged on. Now, there are just a couple of weeks left, and two of the most important issues for California’s hospitals remain in play:
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In the midst of COVID-19, the legislative session moves on. This has been a significant week for bills important to hospitals in California’s Legislature, as several continued or completed their political journey.
First, the bad news:
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Last week, and again this week, the federal government changed its process and requirements to submit hospital data related to COVID-19, now taking in all information via the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Seven months into the year, and despite the many challenges and triumphs of California’s hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, seismic regulatory reform remains a priority.
The 2030 deadline for full compliance with seismic building regulations remains in place, a requirement that comes with a more than $100 billion price tag at a time when hospitals are facing unprecedented and uncertain financial times.