CHA News

CalBridge Funding Will Help Train Behavioral Health Navigators 

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On March 1, the Department of Health Care Services awarded more than $4.6 million to 39 hospitals with emergency departments (EDs). Each hospital received $120,000 to train behavioral health navigators to help expand access to substance use disorder and mental health services.  

HRSA Announces Funding Opportunity to Address Nursing Gaps

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced a new funding opportunity — the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Pathway to Registered Nurse Program — to create a pathway from academic training to clinical practice. This would be accomplished through the creation and implementation of licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse to registered nurse...

CHA Comments on Prior Authorization Proposed Rule

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CHA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule to streamline prior authorization processes for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, and federally facilitated marketplace health plans.

CHA Webinar Will Detail Updates to the BPCI-A Payment Model

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On March 21, CHA will host a webinar that will provide an overview of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A) model, which was recently extended by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  

CHA DataSuite Releases the Medicare Quality Programs Overview Report for FFYs 2021-2023

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CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific overview report of the Medicare quality programs. The report, which is designed in the business intelligence platform, summarizes hospital quality performance and impacts for the three Medicare inpatient programs: value-based purchasing (VBP), readmissions reduction program, and the hospital acquired condition (HAC) reduction program for federal fiscal years (FFYs) 2021...

CDPH Updates COVID-19 Health Orders, Guidance

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On March 3, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced updates to several state public health officer orders and other guidance, including those related to COVID-19 vaccination, masking, isolation, and quarantine.