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On March 12, my hospital had just under 400 active volunteers in our department. A day later, they were all put on a leave of absence as the program was suspended when stay-at-home orders for the state began in the wake of the pandemic. With a very small exception, hospitals up and down the state experienced something similar. At that time, many in the profession wondered what would happen to our beloved volunteers and what would happen to the departments we ran. Now, more than six months later, I have only returned a small handful to active service within the medical center. Ironically, the Volunteer Services department is now actually busier with greater responsibility than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below is a list of archived federal regulations with links to CHA’s corresponding actions, including summaries, comment letters, and DataSuite.
2020
Effective January 1, 2020
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SACRAMENTO (January 12, 2023) — Todd Suntrapak, President and CEO of Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madera, has been elected 2023 chair of the California Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees. Suntrapak, who has been with Valley Children’s for more than 25 years, was named CEO in 2012 after serving in various leadership positions. He has championed the organization’s commitment to providing highly specialized and comprehensive pediatric care to 1.3 million children throughout California’s Central Valley.
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder, playwright
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What’s happening: In a lawsuit brought by CHA, a federal judge is set to rule on whether portions of an Inglewood ordinance conflict with the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
What else to know: The ordinance increases minimum wage for health care workers at a broad range of health care facilities yet prohibits employers from using lawful economic bargaining tools to fund the increase. CHA is not challenging the increased minimum wage.
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As part of its Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Learning Community, the Hospital Quality Institute will host a webinar on Aug. 19 from noon to 1 p.m. (PT) to discuss the impact of child welfare involvement on both parent and infant mental health, the role that hospital staff plays in the process of child abuse reporting during the perinatal period, and steps to file a child abuse report as a mandated reporter.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.In the U.S. House of Representatives, 152 members — including 25 members of the California congressional delegation — have signed on to a bipartisan letter to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor asking the agencies to correct the independent dispute resolution process included in the second No Surprises Act […]
Ensure Adequate Funding for Medi-Cal Patients Medi-Cal provides health coverage to the most vulnerable Californians: one-third of the entire state and nearly half of all children. Low-income Californians who rely on Medi-Cal coverage are predominantly people of color. Insufficient funding hurts access to care for Medi-Cal patients Systemic underfunding means hospitals that treat Medi-Cal patients […]
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On Feb. 19, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will convene a remote pre-rulemaking advisory meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (PT) to seek stakeholder input on defining the term “normal consumption” as part of implementing Assembly Bill 2537. The new law requires hospitals to have a 90-day stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) by April 1, based on normal consumption.
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Last week, 216 members of the House of Representatives — including 38 members from the California delegation — signed a bipartisan letter asking U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to protect the 340B program discounts.
