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The California Hospital Association (CHA) is the statewide leader representing and advocating the interests of hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers in California in the legislative and regulatory arenas. We are seeking a quality policy expert to serve as the lead issue manager for policy and regulatory quality issues.
General Summary
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February 17-19, 2020 Newport Beach, CA
The 2020 California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Conference, “Engineering Change. Inspiring Leadership.,” took place February 17-19 at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach.
Thanks to the support of all our attendees, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors who created a wonderful educational experience.
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Based in Sacramento, the California Hospital Association is the statewide leader representing the interests of more than 400 hospitals and health systems in California. We collaborate with our members to provide strong and effective representation and advocacy to advance the interests of California hospitals, patients and communities. CHA is a trusted resource, working with members to achieve legislative, regulatory, and legal accomplishments at the state and federal level.
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The California Hospital Association is the statewide leader representing the interests of hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers in California. CHA includes nearly 400 hospital members and provides members with state and federal representation and advocacy in the legislative and regulatory arenas.
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Members
Barbara Avery Director, Community Benefit El Camino Hospital, Mountain View
Katrina R. Bada Manager, Public Relations/Marketing Good Samaritan Hospital – Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Diana Bautista Government Relations Manager Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto
Kathryn Bazylewicz Vice President, Marketing/Population Health Cottage Health, Santa Barbara
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its calendar year (CY) 2020 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) proposed rule, including significant proposals related to price transparency and changes to the hospital area wage index (AWI). Specifically, CMS would carry over hospital AWI policies proposed under the federal fiscal year 2020 inpatient PPS (IPPS) proposed rule, applying the finalized inpatient policies to outpatient payments.
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President Trump on Wednesday signed bipartisan legislation to address the opioid crisis. The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6) includes a number of provisions intended to reduce opioid use and improve treatment and recovery programs for substance use disorders (SUD). CHA has summarized the key provisions for hospitals, and has attached a detailed legislative summary prepared by Health Policy Alternatives.
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Based in Sacramento, the California Hospital Association is the statewide leader representing the interests of more than 400 hospitals and health systems in California. We collaborate with our members to provide strong and effective representation and advocacy to advance the interests of California hospitals, patients and communities. CHA is a trusted resource, working with members to achieve legislative, regulatory, and legal accomplishments at the state and federal level.
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Agenda
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In its first meeting of the year on Jan. 31, the CHA Board of Trustees discussed and approved CHA’s 2019 advocacy priorities, which include leading efforts to improve coverage and access to health care; exploring new approaches to making health care more affordable; ensuring adequate state and federal funding for hospitals; reducing stigma and improving access to behavioral health care; strengthening the health care workforce and increasing funding for graduate medical education; and easing statutory and regulatory burdens for providers.
