What’s happening: There is still time to register for CHA’s annual Rural Health Care Symposium on March 23-24 at the Kimpton Sawyer in Sacramento. Speakers will explore challenges faced by rural hospitals, and attendees will leave with valuable insights on a range of critical health care topics.
What’s happening: Noridian will host three webinars for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) ahead of the May 1 implementation of the IRF Review Choice Demonstration.
What’s happening: Donate Life America and Epic have integrated organ, eye, and tissue donor registration directly into the Epic MyChart portal, allowing adult patients to securely record their donation decision.
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis, which is intended to give hospitals a preview of the potential impact of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2027 Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program.
What’s happening: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has issued a request for information (RFI) on whether to implement a new 340B rebate model pilot program and how it might be designed. Comments were originally due by March 19, but HRSA is extending the deadline to April 20.
AB 2131 would exempt long-term acute care hospitals from the 2030 seismic mandate if they have already met the standards required before Jan. 1, 2021.
AB 2096 would reverse the respiratory scope-of-practice limitations enacted by SB 1436 (Roth, 2022), restoring licensed vocational nurses’ authority beyond the “basic respiratory tasks” framework. This would include allowing ventilator adjustments, suctioning, oxygen titration, and respiratory assessments.
SB 1179 would establish a pilot licensure pathway that permits certain Salvadoran-trained physicians to practice for up to three years at federally qualified health centers and affiliated hospitals, subject to specified training and oversight requirements.
AB 2353 would establish an independent, nonpartisan entity that would evaluate the impact of proposed legislative mandates on hospitals. This analysis would be completed during the legislative process to give lawmakers an assessment of the cost and benefits of the proposed legislation.
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has opened a 30-day public comment period — ending on March 12 — to solicit feedback on a five-year renewal request of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Section 1115 demonstration.