About Holding Insurers Accountable
Hospitals are a pillar of California’s health care system, dedicated to caring for those who need them 24/7, and have been working for years to slow the rate of growth in health care spending. It’s time for insurance companies to step up as well.
Health insurance companies have enormous power in California — 94% of the commercial health insurance market is controlled by just six companies — and that influence must be used to streamline the administrative process for providers, and not enact policies that threaten care for patients.
DMHC Puts Renewed Focus on Unfair Health Plan Payment Practices
Two new developments show renewed focus by the state’s principal health plan regulator, the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), on unfair health plan payment practices.
CHA Letter Asks HHS Secretary to Address Unfair Payment Practices
CHA has sent a letter to Mark Ghaly, MD, secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency, asking him to direct the state’s health plan regulators to take immediate action to address the plans’ unfair payment practices.
Implementing State Retention Pay Program: Operational & Communications Support
Join us for a webinar that will answer questions about the mechanics of delivering the retention payments and will provide resources to support communications with your teams.