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What’s happening: CHA will host a members-only webinar on Jan. 29 from 11 a.m. to noon (PT) to discuss the new Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) updates for obstetrical and other services. Registration is open.
What else to know: The requirements will be phased in over two years, with the first of the requirements in effect July 1.
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What’s happening: Effective January 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires certain facility types to report hospital respiratory data (HRD) to the National Healthcare Safety Network on an annual basis.
What else to know: All required data elements and reporting information can be found in the HRD Reporting Protocol.
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Following last week’s release of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $322 billion budget for 2025-26, work will now focus on ensuring allocations from a recently approved managed care organization tax are delivered in accordance with the intent of the ballot measure passed in November.
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What’s happening: On Jan. 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued advance notice of proposed capitation rate and payment updates for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plans for calendar year (CY) 2026.
What else to know: The final 2026 rate announcement is expected by April 7.
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What’s happening: As previously shared with member hospitals via email, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has shifted the timing of fees and payments for the Hospital Quality Assurance Fee (HQAF) program attributable to the managed care pass-through cycle for the Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024, period.
What else to know: The fees associated with this cycle are now due April 8, 2025.
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) recent white paper covers how useful and beneficial it is for health care facilities to utilize seismic instrumentations, such as various sensors that measure accelerations and displacements.
What else to know: The paper was developed by the Hospital Building Safety Board’s Instrumentation Committee and its information is valuable to hospital owners and managers, operators, design professionals, public officials, and the general public.
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What’s happening: On Jan. 10, the California Department of Public Health released updated Interim Work Exclusion Guidance that details when health care personnel with COVID-19, influenza, and other acute respiratory viral infections may return to work.
What else to know: The guidance, announced in an All Facilities Letter, applies regardless of whether diagnostic testing for viral pathogens is performed or the results of such testing is confirmed. This guidance does not apply to novel viral pathogens, including avian influenza, for which other public health guidance is available.
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What’s happening: CHA has established a web page with federal and state resources to help hospitals respond to the fires in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
What else to know: The web page provides the latest information on actions at the federal and state levels, which can support hospitals’ response to the fires.
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What’s happening: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed revisions to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule aim to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI).
What else to know: Comments on the proposed rule are due by March 7.
What’s happening: On Jan. 8, the Blue Shield Board of Directors announced that, following the departure of Paul Markovich, Lois Quam will become the organization’s first female CEO in its 86-year history.
What else to know: Quam came to Blue Shield of California after serving as CEO of Pathfinder, a nonprofit global health organization serving women and girls.