Symposium to Address Financial Uncertainty Facing Rural Hospitals
Join CHA leadership for the Rural Health Care Symposium on April 10-11, which will focus on identifying the obstacles crippling so many rural hospitals.
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HRSA Announces Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Initiative
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced a modernization initiative to strengthen accountability and transparency in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The initiative includes: Data dashboards that detail individual transplant center and organ procurement organization data on organ retrieval, waitlist outcomes, and demographic data. Modernization of the OPTN IT system, improving OPTN governance,...
HCAI Makes Changes to Hospital Supplier Diversity Report
The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) has made changes to its Hospital Supplier Diversity Report, which hospitals are required to submit annually on their minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement efforts.
FCC Finalizes Changes to Rural Health Care Telehealth Program, Proposes Additional Changes
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a final rule updating its Rural Health Care Program, which supports rural providers with the costs of broadband and other communications services. The final rule adopts changes to improve the accuracy of urban and rural rates, funding cap rules and invoicing for the program.
DMHC Puts Renewed Focus on Unfair Health Plan Payment Practices
Two new developments show renewed focus by the state’s principal health plan regulator, the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), on unfair health plan payment practices.
CMS Issues Updated Guidance for Dialysis in SNFs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidance regarding the delivery of home dialysis services by certified end-stage renal disease (ESRD) providers in a skilled-nursing facility (SNF).
CHA Releases Final Draft Model of 2023-24 Hospital Fee Program
On March 23, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) submitted a draft of the Hospital Fee Program (VIII) fee and payment model to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Over the past several months, CHA has worked closely with DHCS in finalizing the next Hospital Fee Program.
CHA DataSuite Releases Fourth Quarter 2022 Quality Program Measure Trends Analysis
CHA DataSuite has released a hospital-specific analysis for the fourth quarter 2022 quality program measure trends. The analysis is intended to provide hospitals with a comparative review over time of the quality data collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and published on Care Compare.
Updates for the Week of March 20
Save the Date: March 28 CMS Quality Programs Bi-Monthly Forum
Reduced Coinsurance for Certain Part B Rebatable Drugs Under the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program
March 31 Deadline for Applications for Round 2 of Section 126 GME Slots
Make No Mistake: Hospitals Are a Long Way From ‘Fine’
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Last week, the independent agency that advises Congress on Medicare rates delivered its March report, which describes hospital profit margins that hit all-time highs in 2021 and calls attention to the $200 billion in taxpayer subsidies that provided hospitals with a cushion to get through the worst of the pandemic.