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Changes in Quarantine Guidance Affect Labor and Employment Law

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Recent changes to federal and state quarantine recommendations have labor and employment law implications, touching on both Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and California’s COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave.   

Ongoing Protests of Emergency Regulations to Ensure Patient Safety Distract from the Mission at Hand: Care for All During the COVID-19 Crisis

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“Following a protest Friday at Emanate Health in Covina that accuses hospitals of attempting to undermine California’s nurse-staffing ratio laws, it’s imperative that, for the second time this week, the record be corrected,” said Carmela Coyle, President & CEO of the California Hospital Association. “Again, our state is in the middle of an unprecedented crisis that has claimed the lives of more 22,000 Californians, more than 8,600 of those in Los Angeles County alone.”

Updates for the Week of Dec. 14

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following updates this week:​​

Q3 2020 Data Submission Deadline Extension for Certain Medicare Quality Reporting and Value-Based Purchasing Program
IRF Quality Reporting Program: December Refresh
LTCH Quality Reporting Program: December Refresh
SAMHSA Issues Substance Use Disorder Patient Records – Investigation or Prosecution of Extremely Serious Crime Final Rule
LTCH CARE Data Set Quarterly Q&As, December 2020
IRF PAI Quarterly Q&As, December 2020

CHA Provides Summary of CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home Program

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On Nov. 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, significantly expanding the existing Hospital Without Walls waiver. Program details are available in a summary prepared by CHA.