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On Sept. 18, Gov. Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 (Reyes, D-Grand Terrace), requiring employers to provide notice to employees and their representatives when an employee has been exposed to COVID-19 in the workplace. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2021.
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Following Gov. Newsom’s signing of a bill (AB 3242) on Friday that improves access to behavioral health care, the California Hospital Association and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California have issued the following statements:
Overview
AB 685 was signed by Governor Newsom and goes into effect on January 1, 2021. It contains numerous new obligations for all employers to provide notice of potential exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace. While there are special provisions with respect to notice to employees whose job duties necessarily bring them into contact with individuals who are known to have COVID-19 or are persons under investigation, the new law does apply to all employers including health facilities. In addition, the law allows CalO
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Proning Protocol (UCLA)
Prone Positioning for the Non-Intubated COVID-19 Patient (UCLA)
Manual Pronation Quick Reference Sheet (UCSD)
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If this was a normal year, late September would be a good time to offer a light reminder to the public about getting a flu shot.
Doing so helps reduce avoidable strain on hospital emergency departments, helps kids stay in school, parents stay at work, and in the most severe cases, saves lives for people most susceptible to the virus.
But this is 2020.
So even something as routine as an annual flu shot reminder takes on heightened importance.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued detailed reporting requirements for recipients of more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Funds for health care-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.
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CHA has made available an on-demand video presentation on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ calendar year 2021 outpatient prospective payment system and physician fee schedule proposed rules. Comments on the proposed rules are due Oct. 5.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following update this week:
IPFQR Program Outreach and Education On-Demand Webinar: Review of the Non-Measure Data Collection Paper Tool
CMS Announces Plans to Expand Ambulance Program Integrity Payment Model Nationwide
IRF Provider Preview Reports Now Available
LTCH Provider Preview Reports Now Available
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Join CHA for a webinar from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 29 on how new state labor and employment laws, some COVID-19 related, affect hospitals and health systems.
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The Department of Health Care Services will issue reconciliation checks, dated Sept. 24, to hospitals that received the Private Hospital Supplemental Fund state fiscal year 2019-20 Round B and C payments.