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On Sept. 3, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-26.10, formally extending the statewide space waiver. The waiver had previously been set to expire Sept. 30 and will now be in place until Dec. 31.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.As COVID-19 continues to surge in some parts of the state and hospitals gear up for a busy end of year, CHA President & CEO Carmela Coyle spoke to Vicki Gonzalez of CapRadio’s Insight (available at 24.50 mark) about the nurse staffing crisis that could threaten care.
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Today President Biden announced his COVID-19 Action Plan. As part of the plan, President Biden issued an executive order requiring all federal executive branch workers to be vaccinated with no option for being regularly tested as an alternative and an executive order directing that this standard be extended to employees of contractors that do business with the federal government.
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On Aug. 23, the state Attorney General (AG) sent a letter to 191 California perinatal health care facilities asking them to submit, by Sept. 20, proof of compliance with Senate Bill (SB) 464 (Statutes of 2019, Ch. 533). This law requires hospitals to provide initial and refresher training to perinatal personnel on implicit bias in maternity care, effective Jan. 1, 2020.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.CHA submitted comments on the calendar year (CY) 2022 physician fee schedule proposed rule. In the letter, CHA: Urges CMS to work with Congress to address significant payment reductions to the proposed conversion factor and physician payments Urges CMS to continue to support the expansion of telehealth by […]
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.In these final few days of the 2021 legislative session, with all political eyes on the Sept. 14 recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom, there is mixed news on two issues of great importance to hospitals. Both CHA’s proposed 2030 seismic mandate […]
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When COVID-19 hit, a Loma Linda University Medical Center ICU doctor had to adapt to protect her loved ones.
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On Aug.18, the White House COVID-19 Response Team and public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that they are prepared to offer COVID-19 booster shots to fully vaccinated adults ages 18 and older. According to this announcement, these individuals would be eligible for their booster shot eight months after receiving their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines. According to the initial announcement, this booster vaccine program would start the week of Sept. 20, but subsequent news reports indicate that senior administration health officials are delaying that deadline, instead rolling shots out gradually when data are ready. As of now, there is no information about the time frame for a revised roll out.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.On Aug. 13, CHA issued FAQs on the state vaccine and testing requirements mandated by the recent public health orders. CHA has updated the FAQs to address member questions and help hospitals respond to an employee’s request for a religious belief exemption […]
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Mia Bonta (D) is currently leading with 55% of the vote in the special election runoff for Assembly District 18, the seat formerly held by Attorney General Rob Bonta.