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CDPH Adopts CDC Guidance on Quarantine of Vaccinated Persons; CDC Releases New Recommendations on Vaccinated Persons in Non-Health Care Settings On March 5, at CHA’s request, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) revised All Facilities Letter (AFL) 21-08 to adopt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) guidance that — as a strategy to alleviate staffing shortages — hospitals...
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Changes Announced to Nurse Staffing Ratio, Space Waivers On Feb. 1, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released All Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-26.6, which ends all nurse staffing ratio waivers for hospitals on Monday, Feb. 8. CDPH recognizes that any given hospital’s individual circumstances may necessitate that some waivers to be extended beyond Feb. 8...
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CHA Resources on Planning for Crisis Standards of Care In June, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued its California SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Crisis Care Guidelines: Concept of Operations/Health Care Facility Surge Operations and Crisis Care, providing a framework to help health care facilities plan for an overwhelming medical surge due to the pandemic. The guidelines include...
CHA is dedicated to recognizing hospitals, health care workers, and others for accomplishments and service in support of Californians’ health and health care. CHA issues these merit-based recognitions periodically as accomplishments are reviewed. Life Membership Nominations may be made to designate a person, or persons, as a member for life. The award is presented to individuals who have […]
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule for the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS). In the rule, CMS finalizes a 2.8% increase (or $280 million) in payments to IRFs, reflecting a 2.4% market-basket increase, and a 0.4% increase in outlier payments.
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CDPH Issues AFLs on COVID-19 Staffing Flexibilities, State Cost-Sharing Program
In a positive development for hospitals, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has released two important All Facilities Letters (AFLs):
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CDPH Issues AFLs on COVID-19 Staffing Flexibilities, State Cost-Sharing Program
In a positive development for hospitals, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has released two important All Facilities Letters (AFLs):
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.
CDPH Issues AFLs on COVID-19 Staffing Flexibilities, State Cost-Sharing Program
In a positive development for hospitals, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has released two important All Facilities Letters (AFLs):
Program originally recorded December 6 & 7, 2021