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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week a new Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration designed to provide states with more flexibility and resources to care for Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illnesses.
The demonstration provides up to $75 million in federal matching funds to states over three years, as authorized by the Affordable Care Act, to help care for Medicaid patients (ages 21 through 64) with psychiatric emergencies, in private inpatient psychiatric facilities with 17 or more beds.
CMS is now accepting applications from st
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CHA sent comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week regarding the proposed rule on the availability of Medicare data for performance measurement.
The California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Association Supporter Program is for nonhospital organizations that support the vision, mission and activities of the California Hospital Association and its 400 member hospitals and health systems.
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CHA joined 25 members of the Alliance for Patient Care, a coalition of health care providers, health plans and patient advocates, for several meetings in Washington, D.C., this week to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reject California’s proposed cuts to Medi-Cal.
CHA President/CEO C. Duane Dauner and Marcia Hall, CEO of Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center, met with CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, and CMS Deputy Administrator Cindy Mann for more than an hour.
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CHA sent a letter this week to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) voicing concerns regarding a CMS proposed rule on patient notification.
Hospitals that are members of the California Hospital Association may use these model forms, appendices, signs and handouts as templates in developing their own forms, signs and handouts. CHA forms are updated periodically. The current version of CHA forms are downloadable from this page, and may or may not match the forms found in CHA's...
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CHA submitted comments on February 18th to SEC. CHA urges SEC to clarify that all hospital governing board members, and employees who seek bond financing from state or local authorities, are exempt from the registration requirement or that a clear exclusion be applied.
Click on the tabs below to view regulations with open comment periods, final rules, and anticipated regulations that will soon be released. A list of archived federal regulations with links to CHA’s corresponding actions, including summaries and comment letters is also available.
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On February 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule that would require certain Medicare-certified providers and suppliers to notify their Medicare patients in writing of their right to file a written complaint with a Quality Improvement Organization.
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CHA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week regarding establishing an independent review process for assessing appropriate physician supervision levels for individual outpatient therapeutic services.
