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On Feb. 2, President Biden signed an executive order focused on immigration policy. Included in the order are instructions to relevant federal agencies to review actions implementing the previous administration’s “public charge” rule, which allows immigration officials to consider legal immigrants’ use of federal nutrition, housing, and health programs – including Medicaid – in their applications for residency.
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In 2015 I was hired to help re-open a small, district hospital. I had a lot of experience in my field, communications, but it was my first job in health care. The CEO asked me if I would manage the Auxiliary, about 30 women — most retired — with varied backgrounds. A few had been...
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The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice have issued a final rule that would allow the barring of individuals seeking asylum if the person is ruled to be a danger to the U.S. based on public health concerns.
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Earlier this week, the California Department of Public Health released data that showed that in June, of the COVID specimens sequenced, 36% of COVID tests were the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19. That’s up from less than 6% of analyzed specimens in May.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following updates this week:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality seeks submission of scientific studies to support research on Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication
3Q 2020 Clinical, HAI, and PC-01 Data Submission Deadline March 18, 2021
Third quarter (3Q) 2020 Chart-Abstracted Clinical measures (SEP-1)
3Q 2020 Perinatal Care (PC-01) measure
3Q 2020 Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) measures
IQR 3Q 2020 Population and Sampling Data Due March 18, 2021
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Last week, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules that established 988 as the nationwide three-digit phone number to connect Americans in crisis with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
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On Nov. 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, significantly expanding the existing Hospital Without Walls waiver. Program details are available in a summary prepared by CHA.
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Discover how to leverage your Patient Safety Evaluation System (PSES) to transform health care into a learning structure. This innovative summit will teach you how to break barriers and solve what keeps us up at night. It will provide information to help you communicate better (internally and with patients) and strengthen patient care delivery. Presenters will address how to improve patient care design, and discuss innovative programs that reduce costs, accelerate efficiency, and enhance reliability.
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On Nov. 9, CHA issued an Advocacy Alert asking members to reach out to their representatives about helping protect providers with much-needed additional funding and relief during the lame duck congressional session.
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CHA has been working closely with the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Department of Health Care Services, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA) to find ways to assist and help decompress hospital emergency departments during the pandemic once an individual with a behavioral health condition is ready for discharge.
CBHDA has reached out to its 58 county behavioral health director members to identify a primary/secondary contact for both mental health conditions and substance use disorders who can help facilitate ED discharges. The individuals in this spreadsheet can help coordinate ED transfers or referrals for any beneficiary who is uninsured or insured by Medi-Cal, and is a beneficiary of county behavioral health services. The spreadsheet includes the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and preferred method of communication for these county contacts.
Most — but not all — counties have identified individuals. As we obtain additional county contact information, we will update the posted spreadsheet.
Questions about this new resource can be directed to Sheree Lowe or BJ Bartleson.
