CHA News
2023 Behavioral Health Care Symposium Will Be Held in Sacramento for First Time
What’s happening: For the first time, CHA’s 2023 Behavioral Health Care Symposium (Dec. 12-13) will be held in Sacramento and have a heavy legislative focus.
What else to know: The keynote speaker will be Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, (D-Stockton), chair of the Senate Health Committee and a leader on behavioral health in the Legislature.
Hear from CHA About New Laws That Will Impact Emergency Departments
What’s happening: A Dec. 4 webinar will discuss the implications of ambulance patient offload time requirements, behavioral health care laws, and discharge challenges.
What else to know: It is free for CHA members, but registration is required.
CHA Releases FAQs on Implementing AB 1882 Requirements
What’s happening: CHA has created frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the new Assembly Bill (AB) 1882 signage and reporting requirements that hospitals must meet by the end of the year. CHA will release more resources in early December to support members in implementation.
What else to know: Hospitals have until Jan. 1 to meet new signage and reporting requirements. The FAQs are intended to share the latest guidance from the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and the best practices from the hospital field.
Prepare to Display New Hospital Price Transparency Data in CMS Templates
What’s Happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released resources on the newly finalized price transparency machine readable file (MRF) requirements.
What Else to Know: Hospitals have until July 1, 2024, to comply.
DataSuite Analysis Discusses Outpatient Payment Changes for 2024
What’s Happening: CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system final rule.
What Else to Know: The analysis shows providers how Medicare outpatient fee-for-service payments will change from CY 2023 to CY 2024 based on the policies set in the final rule.
DataSuite Analysis Discusses Readmissions Reduction Program for 2024
What’s Happening: CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 readmissions reduction program (RRP).
What Else to Know: The analysis provides detailed performance information on the readmissions measures that are currently evaluated under the Medicare hospital RRP.
Summary: Details of Final Outpatient Payment Rule
What’s Happening: A comprehensive summary of the finalized payment updates and policy changes to the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system for calendar year 2024 is available.
What Else to Know: The provisions are generally effective Jan. 1, 2024.
Updated Guide on Final Rule Implementation Now Available
What’s happening: A members-only guide from the American Hospital Association to support hospitals in the implementation of the Medicare Advantage (MA) final rule is now available for calendar year 2024.
What else to know: The document provides a summary of key provisions of the final rule, which seeks to align MA coverage with traditional Medicare more clearly and to increase oversight of MA plans.
Return Hospital Engagement Letters for Area Wage Index Litigation by Dec. 8
What’s happening: Dec. 8 is the deadline for hospitals to sign up for a CHA-supported legal challenge to Medicare’s low-wage index policy.
What else to know: An updated analysis increases the estimated impact of these policies on California hospitals from $26 million to $33 million in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024.