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20-227 Get on the Opioid Care Hospital Honor Roll

Date: 03/10/20

See Below for registration info and upcoming 2020 webinar series

Learn how to apply best practices for opioid care and achieve the Opioid Care Honor Roll for hospitals with Cal Hospital Compare’s 2020 webinar series. The series brings together subject matter experts and representatives from peer hospitals that have successfully deployed best practices.

The webinars are designed for chief medical officers, chief nursing officers, chief quality officers, quality and emergency department leadership, and other individuals involved in opioid care.

The series begins in May 2020. All webinars are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pacific time (PT).

Additional information

Providers are encouraged to access California Health & Wellness Plan’s (CHWP’s) provider portal online at www.CAHealthWellness.com for real-time information, including eligibility verification, claims status, prior authorization status, plan summaries, and more.

If you have questions regarding the information contained in this update, contact CHWP at 1-877-658-0305.

 

Save the Date!

2020 Webinar Series  

To address California’s opioid epidemic and accelerate hospital progress to reduce opioid related deaths Cal Hospital Compare will publish an annual Opioid Care Honor Roll in 2020 and 2021 to support continued quality improvement and recognize hospitals for their contributions fighting the epidemic. Honor roll hospitals will be determined using a relevant threshold, which will be based on a combination of baseline data from the 2019 pilot year and current submission cycle.

The 2020 self-assessment period starts May 12, 2020 and closes September 30, 2020.

To help accelerate implementation of opioid care best practices and to support all California adult, acute care hospitals achieve the Opioid Care Honor Roll, Cal Hospital Compare is excited to announce its 2020 webinar series. This 5-part webinar series brings together subject matter experts and representatives from peer hospitals that have successfully deployed best practices.

All webinars are scheduled from 10 to 11am PST. The webinars are designed for Chief Medical Officers, Chief Nursing Officers, Chief Quality Officers, Quality and Emergency Department leadership, and other individuals involved in opioid stewardship.

  • Harm reduction strategies: a multi-pronged approach to reducing opioid relateddeaths (May 12)
  • Leveraging community partners: a team-based approach to opioid care (Jun 9)
  • How to capture & keep attention on the CA opioid epidemic: engaging care teams, staff, patients & families in change (Jul 14)
  • Cutting edge strategies in opioid care: innovative approaches in CA hospitals (Aug 12)
  • Office hours: 2020 Opioid Safe Hospital Self-Assessment Q&A (Sept 10 & Sept 24, 30 min ea.)

To learn more about the Opioid Care Honor Roll Program, check out the Cal Hospital Compare website here.

Questions? Contact Alex Stack, Director, Programs & Strategic Initiatives at astack@cynosurehealth.org

For more than a decade, Cal Hospital Compare (CHC) has been providing Californians with objective hospital performance ratings. CHC is a non-profit organization that is governed by a multi-stakeholder board, with representatives from hospitals, purchasers, consumer groups, and health plans. In effort to accelerate improvement and recognize high performance by California hospitals, CHC publishes an annual Patient Safety, Maternity, and Opioid Care Honor Roll.