Continuum of Care

About Continuum of Care

Post-acute care — often provided at inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, skilled-nursing facilities, and at patients’ homes — is vital to the health care delivery system. These providers deliver essential medical and rehabilitative services following hospital care. Hospital case managers help support, and connect patients, families, and caregivers through communication and coordination with post-acute care providers and home and community-based services. This includes the development of a discharge or transition plan that addresses the patient’s goals, needs and treatment preferences, and prepares patients and caregivers for post-discharge care.

CHA Comments on CY 2024 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule

CHA submitted comments on the calendar year (CY) 2024 home health (HH) prospective payment system proposed rule. In the letter, CHA raised concerns about the impact of CMS’ proposed payment adjustments. CHA requested that CMS take steps to eliminate punitive and unwarranted decreases in reimbursement that have negatively impacted access to HH care. CHA specifically […]

CHA DataSuite Releases FFY 2024 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule Impact Analysis

CHA DataSuite issued hospital-specific impact analyses of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) final rule. The analysis shows providers how Medicare fee-for-service payments would change from FFY 2023 to FFY 2024 based on the final rule. A detailed summary of the final rule is available for CHA members.  

CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of FFY 2024 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule

CHA DataSuite issued a hospital-specific analysis of federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 Medicare skilled-nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) final rule. The analysis shows providers how Medicare fee-for-service payments will change from FFY 2023 to FFY 2024 based on the policies set forth in the final rule. A detailed summary of the final rule is available for CHA members.  

CA Supreme Court to Address Whether Hospitals Must Disclose ER Visit Fees Before Treating Patient

For over a decade, at least 15 different class action lawsuits have been filed against California hospitals for failing to disclose their facility fees before patients were treated. The suits claim that hospitals failed to advise patients arriving at their emergency rooms that they would be charged an “evaluation and management services fee” (EMS fee), which violated the state’s unfair competition law (Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq.) and Consumers Legal Remedies Act (Civ. Code § 1750 et seq.).