CHA News

Privacy Breach Reports Due March 1

Federal law requires hospitals and other HIPAA-covered entities to report all 2022 HIPAA privacy breaches affecting fewer than 500 patients to the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by March 1. 

Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Submission Deadline is Feb. 28 

The deadline for hospitals that participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or Medicare Promoting Interoperability Programs to submit data for the mandatory Safe Use of Opioids-Concurrent Prescribing electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) and three self-selected eCQMs is Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. (PT).  

CMS to Hold Webinar on Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program 

On Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. (PT), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a webinar on the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program.  This presentation will include:    Background  Eligibility requirements  Rulemaking process  Registration  Annual payment updates requirements Online tools  The webinar slides are available for download from the Quality Reporting Center website...

Breaking Through on Emergency Medi-Cal Relief

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Over the past weeks and months, as CHA has been preparing its push for $1.5 billion in state relief to shore up a health care system on the edge, our messages continue to gain traction with media outlets throughout California. 

Applications for Extended Bundled Payments Model Due by May 31

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting applications from Medicare-enrolled providers, suppliers, and Medicare accountable care organizations to participate in the forthcoming two-year extension of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced Model. The application deadline is May 31 at 2 p.m. (PT).