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On Aug. 19, CHA issued an alert asking members to call or email their U.S. representative and senator and urge them to support bipartisan legislation extending the deadline to spend Provider Relief Fund payments.
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Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) stated that it will consider requests from hospitals for program flexibility to implement team nursing models. These requests average the number of patients among nurses, which are distinct from other flexibility with regard to nurse-patient staffing ratios. In essence, the type of team nursing model that CDPH will consider involves waiving the Title 22 provision that prevents hospitals from averaging the number of patients and the number of nurses to meet the numerical ratio requirement.
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The phrase “Black women, mothers, and birthing people” is used throughout this three-part series to recognize people who identify as non-binary, honor surrogates, and pay respect to those who have lost a child.
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On Aug. 16, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a state public health officer order on hospital surge. This requires hospitals to give notice when certain triggers are met and to accept patients under specific conditions.
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On Aug. 16, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order reinstating certain authorities that had been granted to state government agencies early in the pandemic, but were withdrawn on June 11, 2021. Specifically, yesterday’s order does the following for two key provisions related to hospitals that were set to expire Sept. 30, 2021:
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In April 2020, Gov. Newsom announced Project Roomkey, an initiative secured with Federal Emergency Management Agency approval to provide safe isolation for people experiencing homelessness to protect them and California communities from COVID-19. Managed by county partners, Project Roomkey provides meals and secures housing in hotel and motel rooms for homeless individuals who are at risk, have been exposed to COVID-19, or who are COVID-19-positive.
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Given that CDPH is not planning to issue a statewide blanket waiver of the nurse-to-patient ratio law at this time, hospitals are reminded of the following exceptions related to this law:
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CHA is pleased to release the 2021 Consent Manual, the authoritative one-stop resource on how to comply with legal requirements related to patient consent for medical treatment, release of medical information, reporting requirements, and more.
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CHA DataSuite has issued hospital-specific analyses of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 final rules for the Medicare skilled-nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS), the FFY 2022 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) PPS, and the FFY 2022 inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) PPS.
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Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is making up to $500 million available in grants to help rural health care facilities, tribes, and communities expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, health care services, and nutrition assistance.