The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) is holding a public hearing at 1 p.m. (PT) on July 22 about proposed amendments to Regulation 1503, Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities, Institutions and Homes for the Care of Persons, and Regulation 1591, Medicines and Medical Devices.
Citing concern about COVID-19’s immediate and long-term impact on individuals’ mental health, the directors of the Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Public Health, and the state Surgeon General, have called on all California medical and behavioral health providers to ask four suicide screening questions of the people they care for.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has released its final fee schedule for the state fiscal year 2020-21. While licensing fees have increased, the increase is significantly less than CDPH proposed in February. Specifically, fees statewide were proposed to increase 28%, but instead have increased 15%. Fees in Los Angeles County were proposed to increase 35%, but instead have increased 20%.
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California Hospital Association Mourns Passing of Former CEO C. Duane Dauner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2020
“California’s hospitals have lost a true champion with the tragic and untimely passing of C. Duane Dauner,” said CHA President & CEO Carmela Coyle. “For more than three decades, Duane steered California’s hospitals through some of the most pivotal moments in our state’s health care evolution.”
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CHA has learned from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) that it is available to assist hospitals in making temporary changes to accommodate additional patients during the COVID-19 State of Emergency. For closed or vacant buildings that hospitals have not used due to issues such as seismic safety requirement non-compliance, OSHPD will offer advice and recommendations on how hospitals can temporarily use these buildings as alternate care sites.
CHA has prepared the following FAQs on both state and federal assistance available to hospitals for uninsured individuals.
Federal
CHA's FAQs provide a program overview as well as details about eligibility and payment. For additional information, visit HRSA’s COVID-19 claims reimbursement website.
State
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has provided various program flexibilities and waivers for providers to ensure that Medi-Cal beneficiaries have access to medically necessary COVID‑19 testing and care. See CHA's FAQs.
On July 3, the California Department of Public Health issued two sets of proposed regulations for public comment. One regulation package addresses hospital adverse events reporting, while the other addresses medical information breach reporting. CHA is analyzing the proposals and will submit comments.
Last Wednesday, CHA President & CEO Carmela Coyle joined Gov. Gavin Newsom at his press conference on COVID-19 to give an update on how hospitals plan, prepare, and partner in their response to COVID-19.
