What’s happening: On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) into law, making sweeping changes to the Medicaid program — and creating significant financial hurdles for California hospitals.
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite’s hospital-specific analysis of financial indicators — based on the first quarter 2025 Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) data update — provides all-payer financial ratios and metrics for prospective payment system hospitals, critical access hospitals, and other specialty hospitals.
What’s happening: On Aug. 14 from 1-2 p.m. (PT), the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) will host a webinar to discuss requirements and strategies for California hospitals developing their seismic compliance plans — which all general acute care hospitals must submit to HCAI by Jan. 1, 2026.
What’s happening: The estimated 6.4% payment reduction in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) calendar year (CY) 2026 home health prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule equates to roughly $1.13 billion less than CY 2025 payments. Comments are due to CMS by Sept. 2.
What’s happening: On July 3, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) released a revised Chapter 6 regulation proposal, which outlines critical updates to specialty care programs — including trauma, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, stroke, and Emergency Medical Services for Children — and opens a second round of public comment.
Earlier this week, CHA took the next step in an important lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross. The good news: A Los Angeles Superior Court previously sided with CHA on the merits of the case and recently denied Anthem’s efforts to close off appeal. The bad news: The court previously decided it would “abstain” from further […]
What’s happening: All Facilities Letter (AFL) 25-19 changes the application review process for all applications submitted to the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH’s) Centralized Applications Branch.
What’s happening: In a June 30 letter to the California congressional delegation, CHA urges members to cosponsor and support the Preserving Emergency Access in Key Sites (PEAKS) Act (S. 1960/H.R. 3778).
What’s happening: In recently submitted comments, CHA requested that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revise the fixed-loss outlier threshold in the long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system.
What’s happening: After launching mandatory reporting of certain diseases through the California Neurodegenerative Disease Registry on July 1, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has now expanded the list of reportable diseases to include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).