The newsroom includes access to CHA News, which provides timely information to members every Thursday and is at the core of CHA benefits. In addition, it is also home to resources such as toolkits and talking points designed to help member hospitals and health systems communicate with internal and external audiences on a range of current health care-related issues. Links to CHA media statements and press releases can also be found here.
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CMS to Host Call on Stark Law Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a Special Open Door Forum on Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. (PT) to discuss its final rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law, also known as the Stark Law.
OSHPD Clarifies Grace Period for Temporary Work for COVID-19 Until March 1
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The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) has posted to its COVID-19 Resources web page the clarification that an OSHPD permit is not required for temporary changes or use of modifications to the physical environment for COVID-19 during the period of California Department of Public Health All Facilities Letter 20-26.3, which is in place until March 1, 2021, unless extended.
Department of Fair Employment and Housing Provides FAQ on New Pay Data Reporting Law
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Last week, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing issued frequently asked questions to assist employers in complying with a new law on pay data (government code 12999/Senate Bill 973) that takes effect on Jan. 1, 2021, and requires reporting no later than March 31, 2021.
Mental Health Commission Launches New Dashboards
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The Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission has announced the launch of five new dashboards on its Transparency Suite to support learning communities to drive program improvement. The dashboards will also inform community planning by improving public access to information on mental health services and outcomes.
CHA Continues Advocacy for Hospitals on New PPE Stockpile Law
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CHA recognizes that with the Jan. 15, 2021, reporting requirement for Assembly Bill 2537 and its April 1, 2021, personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpile deadlines right around the corner, hospitals are struggling with how to meet the new law’s obligations. Following is an update on CHA’s advocacy efforts with Cal/OSHA, which began shortly after the bill was signed.
Register Now for Virtual Behavioral Health Care Symposium
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On Dec. 7-8 from 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. (PT), CHA will host the virtual Behavioral Health Care Symposium, an annual event focused on behavioral health care policy and pressing issues, designed to help turn challenges into opportunities.
CEO Message: All of the ‘Thank You-s’
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Normally, each year around the Thanksgiving holiday, this space is used to express gratitude for hospital workers who have committed their careers and their lives to helping others – the very stuff hospitals are made of.
It’s an important, sincere message that is too often taken for granted amid the daily grind, and one that I have looked forward to writing for many years.
This year, it feels … for lack of a better word, “inadequate.”
CMS Completes Transition to Care Compare Website
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Effective Dec. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will retire eight original health care compare tools, completing the transition to the streamlined Care Compare website.
Cal/OSHA Adopts Emergency COVID-19 Standard
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On Nov. 19, the California Occupational Safety and Health Board (Cal/OSHA) adopted an emergency temporary standard (ETS) focused on COVID-19 in the workplace. This new, extremely broad regulation is in addition to the employee notice requirements encompassed in Assembly Bill (AB) 685, COVID supplemental paid sick leave adopted in AB 1867, and Senate Bill 1159’s workers’ compensation presumption requirements.
Webinar Will Detail Changes in Scope of Practice for Nurse-Midwives
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A new California law significantly changes the scope of practice for nurse-midwives. On Nov. 30 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. (PT), CHA will host a complimentary, members-only webinar to detail the changes that take effect on Jan. 1.
