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On Aug. 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance QSO-20-35-ALL, which directs State Survey Agencies, including the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to resume specified enforcement activities that had previously been suspended.
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This year’s virtual disaster planning conference on September 15-16, will focus on all those individuals who have managed COVID-19 while sometimes managing concurrent disaster events. You will hear from expert speakers on highly relevant topics, engage with sponsors, and participate in fun activities through the conference app.
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CHA released a new public service announcement this week for the Care Can’t Wait campaign to TV and radio stations across the state. Click read more below to see the video.
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CHA has sent a letter to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) regarding post-hospital access to skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs). In the letter, CHA makes several recommendations, including:
Developing and issuing statewide guidance on SNF admission practices and policy, in the form of an All-Facilities Letter
Requiring SNFs to submit admissions and capacity data as part of their daily reporting
Developing a SNF Access Task Force by convening representatives from hospitals, SNFs, local health departments, and others to review and develop sound practices and policies for safe hospital-to-SNF care transitions.
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The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) is a non-profit organization committed to provide timely, accurate information and data reports for California hospitals to help them continually improve patient care. The Data Management and Analytics Staff at HQI collaborate to design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems of data acquisition to provide analytics for supporting hospital safety and quality improvement activities. Current projects include developing and improving the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP), which is a data hub and web application allowing California
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The federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report that concludes that Medicare overpaid acute care hospitals $267 million over a two-year period, due to improper coding of the inpatient claim when the beneficiaries resumed home health (HH) services within three days of discharge.
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is calling and conducting visits to hospitals that it has identified through a new hospital dashboard it is using internally. CDPH is reiterating that this dashboard focuses on hospitals currently experiencing surges and most likely to experience them.
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CHA has submitted comments to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on its proposed regulations on hospital adverse events.
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Join us on Aug. 20 from 1 to 1:30 p.m. (PT) to see a demo of the Hospital Quality Improvement Platform, HQI’s most dynamic analytical resource yet. The platform shows how your hospital compares to others and can identify challenge areas and trends to improve performance in critical areas. It gives you: