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Hear About Improving Community Birth Transfers in Upcoming CHPSO Webinar

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On May 18 from 11 a.m. to noon (PT), hear from an expert panel of California physicians and midwives during a Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization webinar about strategies to increase hospital-birth center collaboration, and particularly to improve community birth transfers. 

CHA Webinar to Offer Look at Hospital Supplier Diversity Reporting System

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CHA will hold a webinar on May 20 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (PT) to detail the Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) new Hospital Disclosures and Compliance System, designed to assist hospitals in completing their Hospital Supplier Diversity Reports, which are due July 1. 

Historic Agreement on Medical Injury Law Puts Californians First

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For nearly five decades, California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) has been a bulwark — protecting affordable access to quality care. Over the years, however, a growing concern — over the longstanding $250,000 cap on non-economic damages — began to arise from attorneys seeking greater compensation for injured patients. 

CHA Alert Urges Legislature to Increase Funding for Equitable Care, Invest in Workforce

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CHA recently issued an alert urging members to write to Assembly and Senate leaders and ask them to support budget proposals that would increase access to equitable health care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries, add funding to the state’s Medi-Cal graduate medical education program, and make other major investments in the state’s health care workforce.

New Funds Available for Emergency Department Navigators

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Applications are now available to all California hospitals with emergency services (comprehensive, basic, or standby) to participate in the California Bridge Navigator Program for emergency department (ED) patients with substance use disorders or co-occurring mental health conditions.