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On Jan. 12, the Department of Managed Health Care proposed adopting emergency regulations on the transfers of enrollees per state or local public health orders. Once approved by the Office of Administrative Law and filed with the Secretary of State, the regulations will be effective and remain in effect for 180 days.
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CDPH has issued AFL 20-70, which recommends that skilled-nursing facilities coordinate with their non-emergency medical transportation and non-medical transportation providers, in accordance with the Department of Health Care Services guidance.
Next CDPH Call for Health Care Facilities: Sept. 22, 8-9 a.m. (PT)
Dial: (844) 721-7239
Passcode: 7993227
Summary of Sept. 15 CDPH Call
CDPH has provided a summary of its most recent weekly call with health care facilities.
Upcoming CMS Calls
CMS will host its Lessons from the Front Lines call on Friday — a joint effort between CMS Administrator Seema Verma, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD, and the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Physicians and other clinicians are invited to share their experiences, ideas, strategies, and insights with one another related to their COVID-19 response. CMS will also host five other calls next week. Details are as follows:
Lessons from the Front Lines: Sept. 18 at 9:30 a.m. (PT)
Dial: (833) 614-0820
Passcode: 4446447
Audio Webcast
Hospitals: Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. (PT)
Dial: (833) 614-0820
Passcode: 2409459
Audio webcast
Home Health & Hospice: Sept. 22 at noon (PT)
Dial: (833) 614-0820
Passcode: 1169237
Audio webcast
Nursing Homes: Sept. 23 at 1:30 p.m. (PT)
Dial: (833) 614-0820
Passcode: 5839938
Audio webcast
Dialysis Organizations: Sept. 23 at 2:30 p.m. (PT)
Dial: (833) 614-0820
Passcode: 7026727
Audio webcast
Nurses: Sept. 24 at noon (PT)
Dial: (833) 614-0820
Passcode: 5872398
Audio webcast
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 19-38 requesting a designated emergency contact for all health facilities, as well as a designated contact to receive AFLs. To provide information, submit it through the department’s emergency contact survey site.
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What’s happening: CHA will host the 2024 Emergency Services Forum on May 6 from 7 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Newport Beach.
What else to know: RaDonda Vaught, the first nurse ever criminally charged in a medication error resulting in injury or death, will be the closing keynote speaker. Registration is open.
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Recent years have brought significant changes to the landscape of emergency departments (ED). With heightened interest of the legislature as indicated by the number of bills specific to the emergency medical system (EMS), more transitions and complications to the health care delivery system might further weaken an already fragile ED foundation. Now is the time […]
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CHA’s Emergency Services Forum — an event focused on hospital emergency department management and its intersection with emergency services and the community — is set for Dec. 7 in Riverside.
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The termination of the COVID-19 state of emergency on Feb. 28 will end many statutory and regulatory waivers — including the space waiver.
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Over the past weeks and months, as CHA has been preparing its push for $1.5 billion in state relief to shore up a health care system on the edge, our messages continue to gain traction with media outlets throughout California.
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A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) examines emergency department (ED) use across the state from 2005-16, focusing on ED use after 2014 — when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance expansions were fully implemented.