The California Hospital Association (CHA) is the statewide leader representing and advocating the interests of hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers in California in the legislative and regulatory arenas.
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Filing the Triennial Occupational Mix Index Report webinar will cover the basics of the Occupational Mix Adjustment (OMA), the history and calculation of the OMA, and strategies for improving the accuracy of your Occupational Mix data. This session will be hosted by Fred Fisher and Ryan Sader of Toyon Associates, who will share their expertise gained through the submission and audit support of more than 150 Occupational Mix Surveys.
As if giving the go-ahead nod to April’s Volunteer Month, Sharp has made the long-awaited announcement that our volunteer programs are resuming across the System. Our much-missed volunteers are able to resume helping patients bedside in non-COVID areas, and with some other restrictions still in place, but the good news is they’re on their way...
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California’s 120 state assemblymembers and senators, like the rest of us, have been grappling with the new reality that COVID-19 has wrought. For the legislators and those who seek to influence them, it meant doing business very differently as they were pressed for time and consensus-building. It also meant a unique focus on taking action to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on Californians.
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...
Last week, two courts issued rulings in separate lawsuits challenging federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. As a reminder, there are three federal vaccine mandates: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate that applies to hospitals and other facilities participating in the Medicare or Medicaid program A mandate that applies to some (not all) federal contractors The federal OSHA mandate that applies to businesses with more than 100 employees. Unlike...
CHA has issued a comment letter on the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule.
