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On Monday, CHA issued an Alert urging Congress to include pressing hospital priorities in the current COVID-19 legislation.
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Originally recorded on January 15, 2021
Recording
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As COVID-19 continues to surge, CHA continues to advocate for hospitals and patients. We invite you to attend this special briefing to hear the latest policy, regulatory and data updates surrounding the COVID-19 virus, and the hospital and government response. In this briefing we’ll discuss:
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Join us for the only symposium designed for California rural hospital leaders – a chance to discuss the unique challenges facing rural hospitals, gain insights on navigating health care’s financial crisis, and engage with CHA leadership to talk strategy and explore paths […]
