The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), established in 2022, is an important new state agency tasked with reining in the growth in health care spending. OHCA’s major responsibilities include: Increasing transparency of health care spending Setting and enforcing targets for the growth in health care spending Overseeing market transactions Establishing new standards to protect...
Join CHA’s Trina Gonzalez and Kathryn Austin Scott for updates on SB 1432, the status of the legislative proposal and next steps in the process, and ways you can advocate for your hospital and community.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality rule. The rule finalizes significant changes and clarifications regarding managed care delivery and finance. Join CHA’s Chad Mulvany, Ben McGowan, and Amber Ott as they provide key highlights of finalized policies, including: Hold Harmless...
Senate Bill (SB) 1432, CHA’s sponsored legislation to provide relief from California’s 2030 seismic construction mandates, passed the Senate Health Committee on April 24 on an 11-0 vote and was referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Join CHA’s Trina Gonzalez and Kathryn Scott as they provide updates on SB 1432, what to expect next in...
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...
