What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) and Hospital Council will host a joint 2024 Annual Conference Oct. 20-21 in Lake Tahoe. What else to know: Registration is open. Speakers include industry leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) use in health care. The event will focus on: The conference features top experts on AI and […]
This educational activity is jointly provided by AXIS Medical Education and the California Hospital Association CDPH and CHA will once again gather virtually to discuss all things licensing – including program flexes due to potential surges, the status of re-licensing and recertification surveys, and CDPH’s plans to modify Title 22. Participants can speak with their […]
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite released four hospital-specific analyses for inpatient and outpatient quality measure trends, value-based purchasing (VBP), and the hospital-acquired condition (HAC) reduction program.
What else to know: The analyses are intended to provide hospitals a preview of the program’s potential impact for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025, based on the most recent publicly available data and program rules established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information (RFI) on how artificial intelligence (AI) is used to improve health care delivery, with the goal of informing future rulemaking.
What else to know: CMS will select organizations to showcase their AI products and services to educate the agency and inform future policymaking during a series of “Demo Days” starting in October.
What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) is hosting a virtual forum on hospital workplace violence on Sept. 26 at noon (PT). Individuals leading and supporting hospital efforts to eliminate workplace violence are invited. Registration is open.
What else to know: The forum will share practical, data-driven approaches hospitals can use to analyze, manage, and prevent workplace violence. The featured speaker will be William Huey, Jr., CPP, CHPA, workplace violence prevention program manager at UC Irvine Health, who is leading an empirically grounded workplace violence prevention program in his organization.
What’s happening: A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives is leading a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra about efforts by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to undermine the 340B Drug Discount Program.
What else to know: The deadline for signatures is expected to be extended but since the House could go out of session at any time, it’s urgent to ask your representative to sign now.
What’s happening: CHA issued an alert encouraging members to meet with their representatives to discuss key issues like the 340B Drug Pricing Program, financial instability, prior authorization, rural health care, disproportionate share hospital payment cuts, and site-neutral payment policies.
What else to know: Members of Congress will be back in their districts for the entire month of October. These visits will not only strengthen relationships, but also help educate and inform your representative ahead of critical health care policy votes in December.
What’s happening: CHA held its annual Disaster Planning Conference in Pasadena on Sept. 10 and 11. Topics included best practices for communication and collaboration in an emergency, treatment of special pathogens, enhancing health care cybersecurity, and fundamentals of radiation protection.
What else to know: More than 500 people attended the conference, including emergency preparedness directors and coordinators; members of hospital disaster planning teams; compliance, nurse, and case managers; and quality and safety executives.
Even years after the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended, the long tail of the pandemic continues to trip up health care in our state.