2023 Rural Health Care Symposium: Resources
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FCC Designates 988 for National Suicide Prevention Hotline
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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.
CHA Alert Urges Congress to Provide Additional Funding, Relief During Lame Duck Session
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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.
Behavioral Health Transfer and Discharge Resource for Hospital EDs
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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.
CMS Provides Updates on Nursing Home Compare
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an update to the Nursing Home Compare and the Five Star Quality Rating Program. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, required reporting of certain skilled-nursing facility staffing data and quality measures were waived.
2024 Emergency Services Forum
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Join us for the 2024 Emergency Services Forum in beautiful Newport Beach. This conference is dedicated to the uniqueness of hospital ED management and its intersection with emergency services and the community.
Emergency Services Forum
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Gather. Learn. Refocus. While there continue to be many unknowns, and ever-changing patient care delivery models in hospitals, we are long overdue to get together, in person, to support each other, gain new insights, and adjust from the frenetic pandemic. It’s time […]
Vice President Policy
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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.
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CalAIM: Enhanced Care Management
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California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), is a multiyear process led by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), with goals to improve the health outcomes and quality of life experienced by Medi-Cal patients.CalAIM initiative, originally scheduled for Jan. 1, 2021, implementation, was postponed due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. In January, DHCS...
DHCS Releases Hospital Fee Program Directed Payment Encounter Data Files
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On March 12, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) uploaded three new hospital-directed encounter files, available via the secure file transfer protocol site (the site is only intended for file transfers, and uploaded files will be deleted within 45 days).