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.
Newsroom
Webinar Reveals Maternal Suicide Risk Factors
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The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) will hold a webinar, Preventing Suicide in the Year Following Birth: Lessons from California, to explain the findings from a recent California study on pregnancy-associated suicides. The members-only webinar will be held from 11 a.m. to noon (PT) on Nov. 17.
Grant Opportunity Available for GME-Eligible Hospitals
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The California Health Care Foundation, in partnership with policy research group Mathematica, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) on feasibility grants to advance graduate medical education (GME) in California hospitals.
CMS Finalizes 2018 Proposed Rule for Medicaid Managed Care and CHIP
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Earlier today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that revises Medicaid Managed Care and Children’s Health Insurance Program regulations intended to reduce state administrative burden and increase program flexibility. CHA provided written comments on CMS’ proposed rule in January 2019.
Updated COVID-19 Infection Control Guidance Released by CDC
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On Nov. 4, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated infection control guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides additional options for screening employees and visitors for COVID-19 – including implementing a system for employees to take their temperature prior to arrival at the facility and report the absence of fever and other COVID-19 symptoms electronically.
Biden Announces COVID-19 Task Force
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President-elect Joe Biden has announced a COVID-19 advisory board, underscoring that his administration’s priority will be controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. The task force, which includes three Californians, will advise the incoming Biden administration as it prepares to orchestrate a federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHA Issues Summary of Fourth Interim Final Rule on COVID-19 Policies, Regulatory Flexibilities
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CHA has issued a summary of the recently published fourth interim final rule with comment period on policies and regulatory flexibilities available for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
CHA Issues Summary of ONC Interim Final Rule
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CHA has issued a detailed summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) interim final rule with comment period that extends the compliance deadline for provider information blocking requirements from Nov. 2, 2020, to April 5, 2021.
CEO Message: As Political Landscape Shifts, Priorities for Hospitals Persist
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“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
The 2020 federal and state elections are now in the books (mostly). As of Thursday afternoon, at the federal level:
CDPH Issues AFL on Interdisciplinary Team Treatment Decisions in SNFs
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-83, regarding the interdisciplinary team (IDT) medical decision-making process for skilled-nursing facility residents who are unable to provide informed consent and do not have a representative to make decisions on their behalf.
CHA Responds to Wall Street Journal Story on Patient Transfers
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CHA has submitted a letter to the editor (unpublished as of today) to The Wall Street Journal correcting misinformation in a recent story on the transfer of more than 600 COVID-19 patients from Imperial County to hospitals in other parts of the state.
