What’s happening: A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlining concerns about the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program.
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) has released an advisory guide to help hospitals develop effective functional programs, which are required for all new construction, additions, or modifications to specific hospital department functions that affect patient care directly or indirectly.
California’s 2025 legislative session ends tomorrow, and while much of the recent focus has been at the federal level — working to fend off record health care cuts enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — at the state level, the past nine months have been dominated by a series of important bills with a California footprint.
What’s happening: CHA has submitted comments on the Office of Heath Care Affordability’s (OHCA’s) proposed methodology for determining California’s behavioral health spending, encouraging the office to ensure its data collection accurately reflects the volume of services provided to patients across the state.
Time is running short for California hospitals to submit their inaugural Hospital Equity Measures Report, as legislation passed in 2021 mandates that the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) receive the reports by Sept. 30.
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will convene the Medi-Cal Children’s Health Advisory Panel on Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (PT) to provide strategic input on critical issues impacting California children enrolled in Medi-Cal.
What’s happening: Invoices related to Hospital Fee Program 8 directed payments for July-December 2023 are now overdue, and hospitals that have not yet made payments should do so as soon as possible.
What’s happening: On Aug. 29, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) uploaded three new hospital data sets that hospitals must download as soon as possible; the data will be deleted on Oct. 12.
What’s happening: With federal funding negotiations underway ahead of the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, CHA wrote to California’s congressional delegation urging action on key hospital priorities: disproportionate share hospital payments, sequestration, rural hospital care, telehealth flexibilities, site-neutral payment policies, and insurer accountability.
What’s happening: At the 2025 Hospital Finance and Reimbursement Conference, taking place Nov. 3-4 in Newport Beach, attendees will hear directly from CHA and California hospital finance experts about how state and federal regulations and policies will impact hospitals’ bottom lines.