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EMSA Releases 10-Year California EMS System Strategic Plan
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The Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) has released the California EMS System Strategic Plan, which was developed by the Strategic Planning Advisory Committee. This comprehensive 10-year plan is the result of extensive collaboration and hard work among stakeholders across the state, including CHA.
Reminder: HQI to Host June 14 Webinar on Cybersecurity
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The Hospital Quality Institute is reminding members that on June 14, it will host a webinar on cybersecurity with the America Hospital Association’s (AHA) John Riggi.
CHA to Host Webinar on Implementing Age-Friendly Care Throughout the Health Care System
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Older adults who experience acute health events are regularly managed through services provided in multiple settings – emergency departments, inpatient care, and post-acute care settings – and require several risky care transitions. These episodes are among the top drivers of health care costs and poor outcomes for aging populations. Hospitals have responded by implementing cross-continuum...
Thanks to You, Letter to Delay DSH Cuts Secures Broad Bipartisan Support
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Last month, 41 members of California’s congressional delegation signed on to a bipartisan letter to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives asking that they protect the state’s safety net hospitals from devastating federal cuts.
CMS Removes COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Workers
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule withdrawing the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for workers in most health care settings that receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement. They include but are not limited to hospitals, dialysis facilities, ambulatory surgical settings, home health agencies, and long-term care facilities.
CHA Supports Publication of Opinion in Employee Termination Case
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The California Court of Appeal recently issued an opinion in Hodges v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center that was originally designated as “not to be published” (meaning it could not be cited as precedent in other cases). However, CHA believed that it could provide a helpful precedent for other hospitals and submitted a letter brief requesting that...
CHA Comments on FFY 2024 IRF, SNF, and IPF PPS Proposed Rules
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CHA has submitted comments on the federal fiscal year 2024 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS), skilled-nursing facility (SNF) PPS, and inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) PPS proposed rules. CHA encourages members to use the drafts as a template to submit their own comment letters.
Provider Relief Fund Reporting Period 5 Opens July 1
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CHA is reminding members that Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting period 5 opens on July 1, 2023. This reporting period covers funds received Jan. 1 through June 30, 2022. PRF recipients have until June 30, 2023, to use any funds received during this time frame to offset expenses or lost revenue related to COVID-19.
CHA Letter to Congressional Delegation Outlines Concerns About Reducing Medicare Payments
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CHA sent a letter to the California congressional delegation outlining concerns about reducing Medicare payments to hospitals as a result of a provision of the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act (H.R. 3561).
Budget Enters Final Stretch; Need Your Help Now
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As California’s political leaders head into critical weeks of budget negotiations this year, hospitals are in the thick of the conversation, with key state lawmakers sharing the concern about the growing crisis in access to care yet differing about the path to address the problem.
