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What’s happening: CHA-sponsored legislation that would offer important modifications to 2030 hospital seismic standards is making its way through the Legislature.
What else to know: CHA is urging hospitals to help build support for Senate Bill (SB) 1432 by offering tours to their lawmakers and elected officials now through July. Marshall Medical Center in Placerville successfully held tours to showcase the challenges of seismic construction.
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The latest report from nationally respected hospital consulting firm Kaufman Hall affirms the likelihood that in the coming months, even more hospitals will be forced to close or reduce services — a troubling prospect for communities throughout California and the unfortunate reality that Madera County residents already face.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued the attached proposed rule that creates a new model in which acute care hospitals in certain selected geographic areas, including three in California, will receive retrospective bundled payments for episodes of care for hip and knee replacements beginning Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2020. The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) model would hold participant hospitals financially accountable for the quality and cost of a 90-day episode of care and is intended to incentivize increased coordination of care among hospitals, physicians and post-acute care providers.
Participation in the model would be required by hospitals paid under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) in 75 geographic areas defined by metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). CMS has proposed participation for three California MSAs, including Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Orange County and Los Angeles County), Modesto (Stanislaus County), and San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Francisco County, San Mateo County and Marin County).
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As part of its “Seizing the Conversation” initiative to balance the public narrative through examples that illustrate the crucial role hospitals play in their communities, the American Hospital Association (AHA) is asking hospitals and health systems to share examples of the many ways they advance the health and well-being of their patients and communities, beyond inpatient care.
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Tonight, the state Senate and Assembly are expected to vote on a bill that creates a path toward increases for a health care-specific minimum wage in California. If the votes carry, the governor will have 30 days to take action.
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With tens of thousands of gun deaths per year nationwide, it often feels like it’s just a matter of time before the wheel of tragedy stops close to home.
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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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On March 19, Gov. Newsom signed Senate Bill 95, the COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave bill. As a budget trailer bill, it goes into effect immediately, but employers have until March 29 to come into compliance.
The law requires employers with more than 25 employees to provide paid sick leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021. While some aspects of the law are identical to the COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave law that expired on Dec. 31, 2020, there are some significant differences.
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule falls short of what hospitals need to keep up with rising costs and health care needs.
What else to know: The rule includes a net market basket update of 2.6%. As a result of all proposed changes, CMS estimates that hospital inpatient payments will increase by $3.2 billion in FY 2025. Comments are due June 10.
