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Earlier this week, CHA submitted comments on the Emergency Medical Services Agency’s (EMSA) proposed regulations that would allow emergency medical services providers to transport patients to the hospital or other care setting that best meets patients’ needs.
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New York Times columnist David Brooks’ book, The Second Mountain, documents how he moved from midlife despair to personal fulfillment by seeking out individuals and groups who are rebuilding their communities through empathy-driven community action.
There’s nothing unique about the conservative-turned-never-Trumper’s critique of an America now wallowing in tribalism, anger and despair. Decades ago, prominent sociologists like Christopher Lasch (The Culture of Narcissism) and Robert Putnam (Bowling Alone) sounded alarm bells about the long-term consequences of rampant individualism. They feared the evisceration of the institutions that brought people together would undermine democracy.
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The Health Services Advisory Group’s Hospital Improvement Innovation Network will hold conferences over the next two months — June 25 in Pasadena and July 10 in Sacramento — focused on combating the opioid crisis.
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California’s $213 billion annual budget is something of a litmus test. Its value hinges greatly on one’s point of view, and depending on how you look at things, you can find plenty to be pleased with and plenty to be upset about.
In the latest iteration of Gov. Newsom’s spending plan, released earlier this month, health care leaders should find much to be happy about. Newsom makes significant new investments in care — hundreds of millions of dollars for priorities shared by hospitals. Among his noteworthy allocations:
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Just before turning 3, Gavyn Bailey received a kidney transplant. Thereafter, he began to require anti-rejection medications, which create additional health concerns, including thickening of the heart muscle, necrosis of the hip, gastrointestinal issues and bacterial infections. The pain and challenges associated with his chronic condition propelled the now 21-year-old into a deep depression. To cope, Gavyn self-medicated and exhibited other forms of self-injurious behavior.
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There’s nothing fun about a visit to the emergency room — whatever brings you there. But it’s even less pleasant when the emergency room is overcrowded and you end up waiting hours for the urgent care you need, and hours longer if you need to be admitted to the hospital.
In California, emergency room patients more likely than not encounter that situation. In 2017, the median wait time for patients before admission to hospitals was 336 minutes, or more than 5½ hours. For patients discharged without admission, the wait time was more than 2½ hours.
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The American Hospital Association is now accepting applications for its annual Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes health care leadership and innovation in improving quality and advancing health in communities. Applications are due Sept. 30; successful applicants will demonstrate commitments to access, health, innovation, affordability, and partnership.
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Our Health California (OHC) — CHA’s digital community of more than 1 million supporters — has been awarded two national health care advertising awards for its promotion of one hospital’s efforts to care for homeless patients, as well as its work to raise awareness of and destigmatize mental health issues.
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Later this week, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will send hospitals a revised invoice covering the last fee-for-service (FFS) payment (April-June 2019) related to the 2017-19 Hospital Fee Program. While the due date to DHCS will remain July 3, the overall fees for each hospital will be less than previously shared due to a slight over-collection from the Hospital Fee Program managed care cycles MC 1 and MC 2a (Jan. 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).
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Yesterday, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued the second supplemental fee-for-service (FFS) payment related to the 2017-19 Hospital Fee Program, accounting for the approximate 20% shortfall that occurred with the FFS cycle 2 payment in March 2018.