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Editorial: The health dividend from meaningful work

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Work is killing us. We’ve known it for a long time. Yet we do nothing about it. I’m not talking about workplace-related injuries and illnesses, although that’s part of it. The far more important factors are the way we organize work, the benefits that come from work, and how much control we have over our work.
Stanford University business school professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, in his recent book Dying for a Paycheck, estimated workplace stress causes 120,000 excess deaths a year—making it the fifth-leading cause of death, surpassing Alzheimer’s and kidney disease.

Commentary: Using health IT to combat the opioid crisis

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recently released a report that highlights the severity of the opioid crisis in the U.S. and globally. The report details an alarming increase in opioid-related deaths in 25 OECD countries that track this data. Overall, opioid-related deaths rose 20% between 2011 and 2016, and the U.S. saw a significant uptick.

The report called out overprescribing of opioids to manage chronic and acute pain as a root cause for this spike. According to the OECD, the number of opioid prescriptions dispensed in OECD countries increased 110% in one decade, although that has slowed in recent years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted a similar decline but cautioned that today’s prescription rates still remain high compared with 1999. In 2016, the CDC released guidelines for primary-care physicians for prescribing opioids, and in its report the OECD recommended that “doctors should improve their prescribing practices.”

CHA Medicare Payment Policy Workgroup

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Resources

February 24, 2020 Call

HFMA Presentation
Recording
CY 2020 OPPS Proposed Rule Chargemaster, Cost Reporting RFI

Why A Diverse and Inclusive Healthcare Innovation Workforce Matters

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There I was, my 10th-grade science fair. My mother made sure I had a tie that fit properly and a shirt that was perfectly pressed. I stood among my peers with our cardboard presentation displays highlighting what we did to make it to this point. I was a little nervous but also extremely proud of myself and excited to see the looks on the judge’s faces when they saw what my project was about:

“The Effects of Enzymes on DNA”

Boom.

CMS Updates CAR-T Billing Instructions

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On May 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new instructions for providers billing Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell therapy services for Medicare patients.

2019 California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Network Meeting

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The meeting is organized by California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (CAHHS) Volunteer Services. We look forward seeing you at our annual planning meeting where you will help develop strategic directions for California’s hospital volunteer network.

Dates & Schedule

Monday, June 17, 2019

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Networking Lunch | The Garden

1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
CAHHS Network Meeting | Garden Room I

CDPH Issues Hot Summer Weather Advisory

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The California Department of Public Health’s Licensing and Certification Program has issued a reminder to health care facilities that, as the hot summer weather begins, they should have contingency plans in place to deal with the potential loss of air conditioning; ensure patients and residents are free of adverse conditions that may cause heat-related complications; and report extreme heat conditions that compromise patient health or require evacuation, transfer, or discharge of patients. More information and guidance are available in All Facilities Letter 19-21.

Registration Open for 2019 HQI Annual Conference

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Join us October 14-15 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento and learn strategies and take home tools for achieving reliable care and delivering value to each patient, each time, and in each community.

Legislature Makes Budget Decisions on Key Health Care Issues

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Over the weekend, the Legislature’s budget conference committee completed its work of negotiating the differences between the Governor’s, Assembly’s, and Senate’s budgets. The Senate and Assembly now need to approve the final budget bill and the accompanying trailer bills and send them to the Governor no later than June 15, for his approval by July 1.