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CEO Message: Balancing Act

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Over the past six weeks, the response of California’s hospitals to the COVID-19 threat has been nothing short of awe-inspiring. 

You were called on to act, and you sprang into action — upending normal work in a matter of days to prepare for the worst this pandemic could bring to California. This was done without fear or hesitation, because hospitals were needed, and you answered the call. 

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Addressing Patients’ Emergency Department Concerns During COVID-19

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CHA and the Regional Associations have developed a toolkit to assist member hospitals and health systems in responding to patients’ concerns about seeking care in emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The toolkit supports hospitals’ communications with the public via social media, including graphics to help amplify the message that hospital emergency departments are safe and prepared to handle emergencies, as well as COVID-19 response. 

Covered California Issues Enrollment Update

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Covered California announced last week that more than 58,000 consumers have enrolled in health insurance coverage through the exchange since it established a “Special Enrollment Period” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The enrollment data cover a three-week period from March 20, the date the Special Enrollment Period was launched, through April 7.  

CEO Message: Back in Session (Sort Of) 

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Last week, the state Senate and Assembly began their slow creep toward a return to minimal business, holding teleconference hearings on COVID-19, its impact on California, and how the pandemic will affect this and next year’s budgets. 

Attorney General Opinion Clarifies Effective Date for Filing 805 Report

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On April 20, the California Attorney General issued a published opinion clarifying the time period within which a Business and Professions Code section 805 report must be filed. Section 805 requires a report to be filed with the relevant state healing arts licensing agency “within 15 days after the effective date” of certain actions taken by a peer review body against specified health care practice licentiates. 

DMHC Extends Phase-In of General Licensure Regulation

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The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) announced in an All Plan Letter that it is extending the phase-in period of a regulation that would have required hospitals to obtain a health plan license for some arrangements involving risk sharing. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the phase-in period has been extended to Dec. 31.   

DHCS Delays CalAIM Implementation Timelines

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The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced last week that it is postponing implementation timelines for its California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative so that it may effectively address the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Webinar to Cover Crisis Care Guidelines

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On April 19, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the California SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Health Care Surge Crisis Care Guidelines. In a CHA members-only webinar, senior leadership from CDPH will review the new guidelines, provide insights into their development, and explain how they can inform real-time clinical decisions. Webinar details will be available in CHA’s Coronavirus Response newsletter and on CHA’s education web page later this week.

2019-21 Hospital Fee Program Invoices Due April 29

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As shared previously in CHA News, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) sent hospitals invoices covering the first four fee-for-service cycles of the 2019-21 Hospital Fee Program in March. The first invoice is due on April 29 and covers July 1, 2019-Sept. 30, 2019. Hospitals will receive the first fee-for-service payment on May 18.