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DHCS Releases Private Hospital-Directed Payment Encounter Files

What’s happening: On Dec. 13, 2024, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) uploaded three new hospital-directed payment encounter files, available via the Secure File Transfer Protocol site, that hospitals must download as soon as possible — they will be deleted within 45 days of the upload date.   

What else to know: DHCS has also published new calendar year 2023 encounter detail file toolkits for each Directed Payments program.  

The hospital-directed payment encounter files cover the following service periods:  

  • Calendar Year 2023, Phase 2 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2023, service dates). The file name will be Name_CY2023P2.  
  • Calendar Year 2024, Phase 1 (Jan. 1-June 30, 2024, service dates). The file name will be Name_CY2024P1.  
  • Calendar Year 2024 Phase 1 (July 1-Dec. 31, 2024, service dates). The file name will be Name_CY2024P2.  

DHCS expects plans and participating hospitals to work together on identifying and addressing deficiencies in encounter data accuracy and/or completeness. Contact the department directly at privatedp@dhcs.ca.gov with any questions or if you cannot access your data.

Future data releases are as follows:  

Note: © indicates a data release for the purpose of contract status reporting. Future dates are tentative and subject to change. All future dates are tentative and subject to change. 

For more information, refer to the guidance document.  

Contact Adam Dorsey, group vice president, financial policy, at adorsey@calhospital.org, or Jesse Delis, vice president, financial policy, at jdelis@calhospital.org with any questions.