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CHA has issued a detailed summary of the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020. The policy and payment provisions are effective for FFY 2020 discharges, beginning Oct. 1.
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March 2 – 3, 2020
Pasadena, CA
Do you have a product or service of interest to hospital leaders in acute and post-acute care settings? This annual conference is an opportunity to reach hospital executive management all in one place. There are many ways to participate. Choose your level.
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United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has announced that the Dec. 1 implementation deadline for USP General Chapters 795, 797, and 825 has been delayed because the stakeholder appeal processes will not be finalized by then. CHA will host a webinar Nov. 12 to assist hospitals working to comply with the standards.
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Previously exempt from Title 24, Part 6 of the state energy code, health care facilities must now comply with those regulations. To help hospitals learn how to design their facilities for compliance — as well as document and verify — the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development will sponsor a series of online forums on Nov. 6 and 7.
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Volunteer Manager Linda Van Fulpen, CAVS, has been awarded the 2019 Retail Excellence Program Award from the Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals (AHVRP), a professional member group of the American Hospital Association, for her efforts organizing and running a 10,000-square-foot thrift store to benefit Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa and its patients.
The thrift store, called the Thrift Korral, opened in 1992. It currently has three employees and more than 70 volunteers. All proceeds from the store go to the Grossmont Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary which has contributed more than $3.5 million to the hospital and Sharp HospiceCare.
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CHA DataSuite has issued hospital-specific analyses showing the estimated impact of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 Medicare hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, based on publicly available data and program rules established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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CHA will host a day-long event – the Caring For Our Patients Who Are Homeless Summit – Dec. 11 at the Riverside Convention Center to help hospitals explore the complex needs of people experiencing homelessness and how they can help address those needs.
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Sterile Compounding Member Forum
Originally recorded November 12, 2019.
Recording
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In preparation for the USP standards for Sterile Compounding, CHA has held three separate webinars beginning back in 2016. However, questions and concerns still persist from hospitals as they move forward with implementation.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released a series of documents designed to help stakeholders understand the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008, the 21st Century Cures Act, the SUPPORT for Patient and Communities Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The documents, which provide examples and illustrations of how the laws work, include FAQs about mental health and substance use disorder parity implementation and the 21st Century Cures Act, and an MHPAEA disclosure template and enforcement fact sheet.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule implementing reductions to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments, as required by the Affordable Care Act, beginning in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 through FFY 2025.