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On Aug. 26, 43 members of the U.S. Senate, including Sens. Feinstein and Padilla, sent a bipartisan letter to Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for the immediate release of the remaining Provider Relief Funds to hospitals and providers.
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onday’s full approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is welcome news for our nation and state as we continue the climb toward more universal protection from this deadly pandemic.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Don’t miss this annual opportunity to connect with CDPH’s Center for Health Care Quality leadership and your district representatives.
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2014. Congress recognized that payments for post-acute care (PAC) settings needed to be modernized. To unify the payment model for PAC providers, they enacted the IMPACT Act. The law required CMS to develop and implement standardized patient assessment and quality measures for all PAC settings, and to use collected data to model a new PAC...
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Hospitals have partnered with state and local leaders to respond to new waves of COVID-19, implementing new policies and caring for rapidly shifting volumes of patients. High quality patient care remains a shared goal. As the hospital field in California engages with CDPH towards that end, it is critical that hospitals hear the latest on...
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On Aug. 20, CDPH issued FAQs on the state public health officer order on hospital visitation. This health order requires vaccine verification or proof of a COVID-19 test for visitors of hospitals and other facilities. The FAQs provide clarifications, in addition to those issued in All Facilities Letter (AFL) 21-31, on who is covered by...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced its full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine — under the name Comirnaty — for individuals 16 and older, making it the first COVID-19 vaccine to go beyond emergency use authorization (EUA) in the U.S.
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On Aug. 20, CDPH issued FAQs on the state public health officer order on hospital visitation. This health order requires vaccine verification or proof of a COVID-19 test for visitors of hospitals and other facilities. The FAQs provide clarifications, in addition to those issued in All Facilities Letter (AFL) 21-31, on who is covered by the order and who is...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced its full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine — under the name Comirnaty — for individuals 16 and older, making it the first COVID-19 vaccine to go beyond emergency use authorization (EUA) in the U.S.
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On Aug. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the several price transparency requirements related to health plans and included in the No Surprises Act.