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Coronavirus Response Newsletter

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State Posts Vaccine Inventory by Hospital

On Feb. 15, the state published the amount of vaccine reported on hand for each vaccine provider (under “Toggle Views,” select drop down for “Provider Detail”). Multi-county entities are reported in aggregate, instead of by each hospital campus. The posted data are reported daily by each provider into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) VaccineFinder database. These data reflect vaccine on hand and do not account for scheduled appointments. Vaccines available may likely be reserved for appointments already planned for the week. For hospitals and health systems that may need to respond to questions about the many reasons that providers may have vaccines on hand, CHA has prepared these key messages.

CHA Continues Advocacy on Amount of PPE Required by Hospital Stockpile Bill

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As previously reported, Assembly Bill 2537 requires hospitals to maintain a stockpile equivalent to three months of normal consumption for specified personal protective equipment (PPE) as of April 1.   

Based on the plain language of the statute and legislative history, CHA has advocated that the stockpile amount should be based on 2019 data. Unfortunately, at this point, Cal/OSHA has not agreed to that plain language reading and instead believes emergency rulemaking is necessary to define normal consumption.  

CHA DataSuite Releases FFY 2022 Wage Index and Occupational Mix Revised Data

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CHA DataSuite has released the Medicare hospital federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 wage index and occupational mix data analysis, which is designed in the Information Builders platform. The data analyzed are “revised” and are the second of three wage and occupational mix data public use files (PUFs) that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued to develop the hospital wage index for FFY 2022. 

CEO Message: Federal Action Needed to Help Hospitals

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Negotiations on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package are continuing at a rapid pace, and the budget reconciliation process used to advance the proposal means the House could take a final vote by the end of February. 

Despite the size of Biden’s plan, there’s one glaring hole: No hospital-specific aid to support patient care, workforce sustainability, and health care infrastructure. 

CDC Updates Quarantine Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccinated Individuals

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On Feb. 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its quarantine guidance for vaccinated individuals. The new guidance suggests that persons with an exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are not required to quarantine if they meet all of the following criteria: 

Updates for the Week of Feb. 8

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:​​​​

eCQM Annual Update Pre-Publication Document
Request for Stakeholder Feedback on Draft eCQM Measure CQM-4412 and CQM-4413 Packages; Comments accepted Feb. 8-19
PFS Payment for Office & Outpatient E/M Visits: Effective Jan. 1, for Physician Fee Schedule payment of office and outpatient E/M visits, Medicare adopted the new AMA coding, language, and interpretive guidance framework. See the fact sheet for more information. ​

CMS Extends Deadline to Submit Certain Q3 2020 Data and Electronic Clinical Quality Measures

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is further extending the deadline to submit Q3 2020 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) data and electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) for the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting (PCHQR) Program, and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.  

Coronavirus Response Newsletter

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Update on CDPH COVID-19-Related Waivers

Hospitals report that the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to process requests for additional staff and will maintain staffing waivers until those staff arrive. As a reminder, all existing approved COVID-19 staffing-related waivers ended at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 8 (per All Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-26.6) unless CDPH explicitly extended a waiver in the last week following conversations with the hospital. CHA has asked CDPH to process all remaining requests as soon as possible. CDPH has advised that hospitals still waiting for staff and/or needed waivers to be maintained should contact the Centralized Program Flexibility Unit at centralizedprogramflex@cdph.ca.gov.