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HCAI details response to Southern California wildfires, tracking evacuated nursing homes and federal prescription aid
Summary
Agency staff described inspections and enrollment assistance after Los Angeles fires, reported 11 evacuated skilled-nursing facilities and said federal emergency prescription assistance is available for disaster areas.
A HCAI staff member opened the advisory committee meeting by describing actions the agency and state partners have taken in response to the Southern California wildfires, including inspections of long-term care facilities and steps to get medications and behavioral-health supports to affected residents. The staff member said HCAI was tracking 11 skilled-nursing facilities that had to evacuate; “1 was destroyed completely, another suffered severe damage,” and field teams are inspecting facilities before they are repopulated.
The staff member told the advisory committee that general acute hospitals in the fire area “defended in place” and did not require evacuation, while…
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