A doula delivers emotional and physical support for the birthing parent before, during, and after pregnancy and childbirth. While doulas can’t provide medical advice or care, they can and do assist and advocate for the birthing parent. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) added doula services as a covered Medi-Cal benefit on January 1, 2023....
As required annually by law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which will hold selected hospitals accountable for the cost and quality of certain surgical procedures. TEAM aims to improve outcomes for Medicare patients undergoing certain high-volume surgical procedures while reducing Medicare spending.
This year, every county in California will begin operating a new option for civil courts to be involved in the treatment of people with a serious mental illness: the CARE Act. Hospitals often treat individuals with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders who are in crisis and are not stabilized in treatment – people who seem to...
This video thoroughly covers the basics of consent – it is a sound, concise resource for newer risk managers and privacy officers.
CHA DataSuite has released an on-demand educational brief on the Medicare Readmissions Reduction program. The recording provides an overview of the Readmissions Reduction program and a guide to effectively interpreting the analysis released by CHA DataSuite. This is part three of the three-part series. Additionally, the Medicare Value-Based Purchasing educational brief and the Medicare Hospital-Acquired...
With the 2024 legislative session underway, CHA continues to work diligently to bring seismic compliance relief to California hospitals. One significant step is CHA’s sponsored Senate Bill (SB) 1432, jointly authored by a bipartisan group of Senators. The proposal provides hospitals additional time to comply with the 2030 seismic requirements, introduces additional disaster planning requirements...
The Center for Health Care Quality (CHCQ) licenses and certifies over 14,000 health care facilities and agencies in California in 30 different licensure and certification categories. Keeping licensing and certification practices consistent throughout California can be challenging. The Centralized Program Flex Unit (CPFU), a division of CHCQ, has a mission to ensure standardization and consistency...
Insurance companies must be held accountable for patient care in California. We need your help to gather data about their all-too-common business practices that impede patient care. How can we accomplish this? With your participation, we will gather the data needed to press regulators to enforce state law on network adequacy, prior authorization, medical necessity, prompt payment, parity, and more....
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently introduced the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) in Alabama, with plans to expand the program to California in the near future. Peter Thomas, Managing Partner at Powers Law, will provide an overview of CMS and the status of the RCD. He will...