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CHA Posts 2019 Report on Legislation
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CHA has published its 2019 Report on Legislation, summarizing important state health care legislation enacted during the first year of the 2019-20 legislative session. Developed to help hospitals understand the implications of the year’s significant bills, the report also serves as a reference tool for the broad range of legislative activity that occurred this session.
Associations Work Closely With Utilities to Minimize Impact of Planned Outages on Hospitals, Patients
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Communities across California experienced another round of intentional blackouts this week in the latest power company strategy for mitigating fire risk during extremely dry and windy conditions. CHA and the Regional Associations continue to partner with the state’s investor-owned electric utilities — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) — as well as state and local government officials to ensure they grasp the obstacles hospitals must overcome to continue providing seamless care during power shutoffs.
CHA to Participate in Workgroups Addressing Medi-Cal Innovation
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The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has appointed CHA to two important workgroups for its multi-year California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative, which seeks to improve health outcomes for Medi-Cal members through payment, program, and delivery system reforms.
Updates for the Week of Oct. 21
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the following information:
New Medicare Card: Claim Reject Codes After January 1 Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment System: Data Reporting Call — November 14 November 15: IRF, LTCH, SNF Quality Reporting Program Submission Deadline October 2019 Nursing Home Compare Refresh Available
CHA Submits Comments on Proposed Changes to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records
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CHA has submitted comments on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) proposed changes to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records (Part 2) regulations.
Mark Your Calendar for California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Conference in February
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The 2020 California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Conference, “Engineering Change. Inspiring Leadership,” has been set for Feb. 17-19, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach.
The conference is designed as an educational and networking experience for paid staff who manage volunteer programs, hospital volunteer leaders, community partners, and hospital inter-professional peers looking to expand their hospital services through the use of volunteer programs.
Learning experiences and dialogue topics will include emergency services, retail, social determinants of health, volunteer management, youth programs and workforce.
Two keynote presenters include California Hospital Association President & CEO Carmela Coyle and Sharp HealthCare’s Daniel Gross, DNSc, RN, executive vice president, hospital operations.
Online registration for attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers will be available soon.
Discounted sleeping rooms are available at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach until Jan. 24, 2020. To book, call (800) 233-1442 and mention CAHHS or California hospital volunteers. For more information about the conference, visit www.calhospital.org/2020-volunteer-conference.
Provider Claims Must Include Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers by Jan. 1, 2020
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CHA reminds members that beginning Jan. 1, 2020, all provider claims must be submitted with Medicare beneficiary identifiers (MBIs) regardless of the date the service was performed. Claims submitted with Social Security number-based health insurance claim numbers will be rejected, with a few exceptions.
Agenda Set for Upcoming Behavioral Health Symposium
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CHA’s annual Behavioral Health Symposium, to be held Dec. 9-10 in Riverside, features a broad range of topics for behavioral health professionals to explore. This year’s agenda emphasizes key policy issues and the innovative inroads others have made, featuring sessions on managing change, eliminating stigma, collaborating with counties, and a CEO panel titled “What Keeps You Awake at Night?”
Governor Signs Bills Amending Consumer Privacy Law
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills this session that amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), slated to take effect Jan. 1. The CCPA gives consumers the right to know what information about them a business holds, to restrict a business from sharing their information, and to have a business delete information about them, and assures other privacy rights.
ShakeOut Earthquake Drills
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On October 17 more than 10 million Californians participated in ShakeOut Earthquake Drills. Click here to view Ridgecrest Regional Hospital preparation and response to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake about 34 hours after a 6.4 foreshock on July 4, 2019.
