What’s happening: The first round of expanded Hospital Supplier Diversity Reports required under Assembly Bill (AB) 1392 (2023) are due to the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) on July 1.
What’s happening: For laboratories to continue receiving Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) fee coupons and certificates, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that they must switch to email notifications starting March 1, 2026.
What’s happening: At the May 8 executive briefing on Proposition (Prop) 35, CHA provided an update on the state’s budget environment, noting the fiscal trouble the state faces, and discussed state delays in moving forward with implementation of Prop 35 payments.
What’s happening: Last week, CHA issued an alert asking all hospitals to press senators to oppose Senate Bill (SB) 632, which would create the first-ever broad-based private-sector workers’ compensation presumption that a variety of illnesses and injuries — including COVID-19 — arose in the course of providing direct patient care at hospitals.
Health care — one of our most fundamental needs as human beings — is at an inflection point.
What’s happening: Summaries of the federal fiscal year 2026 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule are now available, and on May 21, CHA will host a complimentary, members-only webinar on the IPPS provisions.
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite has released a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2026 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule that shows hospitals how Medicare inpatient fee-for-service payments may, based on policies set forth in the proposed rule, change from FFY 2025 to FFY 2026.
What’s happening: On May 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his May Revision budget proposal for 2025-26, which diverts much of the funds from Proposition (Prop) 35 away from their intended purpose — provider payment increases — to address a $12 billion projected budget deficit.
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued proposed changes to the Medicaid health care-related tax rules that present significant risks for California’s managed care organization (MCO) tax and Hospital Quality Assurance Fee Program — both of which hospitals rely on to deliver patient care. Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by July 14.
What’s happening: On May 14, the House Energy and Commerce Committee finalized bill language that proposes major cuts and policy changes to the Medicaid program (Medi-Cal in California) that would severely impact California’s health care system.