The Workforce Committee meets periodically throughout the year in Sacramento.
Listed below are the upcoming dates and times, as well as meeting information packets from previous meetings.
2019
March 14, 2019 (Sacramento)
May 9, 2019 (via teleconference)
September 12, 2019 (HR & Workforce Forum, Sacramento)
Republicans and Democrats are seen as poles apart on health policy, and the recent election campaign magnified those differences. But in one area—private-sector competition among healthcare providers—there seems to be a fair amount of overlap. This is evident from a close reading of recent remarks by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and a 2017 paper from the Brookings Institution.
A Texas court's ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional is reviving the divisive and damaging political battle that threatens the viability of hospitals and the ability of insurers to offer reasonable health policies. But all Americans, regardless of where they stand on the ACA, can agree on this much: We need to lower the cost of care while improving quality and patient satisfaction.An ideal way to do this is to keep patients out of the hospital whenever possible through proactive, preventive care.
CHA has issued a summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule addressing rate updates and policy changes to the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center payment system for calendar year (CY) 2019.
On Dec. 20, 2018, Carmela Coyle, President and CEO of the California Hospital Association, presented Vicki Veal the Certificate of Distinction award.
The Certificate of Distinction is given for exemplary devotion, of the highest order, to volunteerism on behalf of hospitals and health care, particularly in the service of committees or programs of CHA or CAHHS.
On behalf of the California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Network and CAHHS Volunteer Services, we would like to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season. May your heart be filled with every joy this season brings. In recognition of the holiday, the CAHHS Volunteer Services office will be closed beginning Dec. 24, 2018 and will return in the New Year, Jan. 2, 2019.
Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart. - Elizabeth Andrew
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights issued a request for information (RFI) on potential changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to promote coordinated, value-based care. The RFI seeks comment on HIPAA provisions that may present obstacles to these goals without meaningfully contributing to the privacy and security of protected health information.
Comments are due by 2 p.m. (PT) on Feb. 12, 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information seeking comment on the financial relationship between Medicare-approved accrediting organizations (AOs) and the health care facilities they accredit. CMS is interested in input on actual or perceived conflicts of interest when AOs charge for consulting services to the facilities they monitor.
CHA honors Diana Dooley as an elected or appointed official who has demonstrated a commitment to health care policy. “We value her vision, collaboration and leadership,” says CHA President & CEO Carmela Coyle.
In recognition of their selfless efforts, CHA has selected the thousands of health care heroes of the California wildfires to receive its highest honor – the Award of Merit.
