Key Messages: Health Care at Risk for Millions
Rural hospitals in California face severe financial strain, endangering access to essential health care services for more than 2 million people.
Resources
Issue Brief: All Californians Deserve Timely Access to Medical Care
Current California standards require health plans to ensure that their enrollees have timely access to medical care — such as being within 15 miles or a 30-minute drive from a hospital. Unfortunately, many people covered by Medi-Cal still face significant hurdles to access care.
Key Messages: All Californians Deserve Timely Access to Medical Care
California standards that ensure timely access to care for Medi-Cal enrollees will expire in less than a year.
CDPH Checklist Library
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has developed checklists and information sheets to assist hospitals and other licensed providers in understanding and preparing for relicensing surveys, as well as making changes to their licenses, bed capacities, or services. To ensure California hospitals have convenient access, CHA is making these resources available on its website.
Infographic: California’s Hospital Seismic Standards – 101
Managed Care Organization Tax
On Nov. 5, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition (Prop) 35, making an existing tax on managed care organizations (MCO) permanent under state law — and directing most of the revenues toward expanding access to care for Medi-Cal patients through improved provider reimbursement. Now, work by the state, hospitals, and others to determine how these funds...
Thank You To Our CHPAC 2024 Donors
Diane Abbett, California Healthcare Insurance Company, Inc. T Abraham, Hospital Council - Northern & Central California Amy Adome, MD, MPH, Sharp HealthCare Steve Aleman, Prime Healthcare Services Dimitrios Alexiou, FACHE, Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties Mark Allen, Marian Regional Medical Center Jared Amerson, Providence Saint John's Health Center Sue Andersen, Marian Regional...
Ambulance Patient Offload Times
When patients arrive at hospitals via ambulance, the goal is to transfer them to hospital care as quickly as possible. But that process can be slowed by several factors: the physical layout of a hospital, current unprecedented patient volume, increased acuity of patients’ illness or injury, and more.