The newsroom includes access to CHA News, which provides timely information to members every Thursday and is at the core of CHA benefits. In addition, it is also home to resources such as toolkits and talking points designed to help member hospitals and health systems communicate with internal and external audiences on a range of current health care-related issues. Links to CHA media statements and press releases can also be found here.
Newsroom
CHA to Host Webinar on OPPS and PFS Updates
What’s happening: CHA is holding a members-only webinar on Aug. 8 at noon (PT) to discuss the 2025 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
What else to know: The webinar will cover key proposals in these proposed rules ahead of the comment deadline and feature CHA’s Megan Howard, vice president, policy, and Chad Mulvany, vice president, policy, as speakers. Registration is open.
CMS Final Rule Requires Hospitals to Install Automatic Sprinkler Systems by July 2028
What’s happening: In 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted a final rule to update fire safety standards for hospitals, critical access hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, and other health care facilities.
What else to know: The final rule is available in the Federal Register.
CMS Offers Training for PAC Quality Reporting
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a web-based training course on post-acute care (PAC) quality reporting programs (QRPs) for the 2025 fiscal and calendar years.
What else to know: The course provides an overview of key updates to PAC QRPs for all PAC settings, including inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), long-term care hospitals, skilled-nursing facilities, and home health agencies.
Summary: CY 2025 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule
What’s happening: A members-only summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., of the calendar year (CY) 2025 home health prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule is available.
What else to know: Comments on the proposals are due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by Aug. 26.
Summary: CY 2025 ESRD PPS Proposed Rule
What’s happening: A members-only summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., of the calendar year (CY) 2025 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule is available.
What else to know: Comments on the proposals are due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by Aug. 26.
CHA Comments on Proposed Payment Model to Expand Kidney Transplant Access
What’s happening: CHA submitted comments in response to the proposed Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model, which aims to improve access to kidney transplants.
What else to know: CHA raised significant concerns about the model and requested it be made voluntary.
HCAI Releases Draft Regulations on AB 1204
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) released draft regulations to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 1204 (2021), which requires hospitals to submit annual reports for measures on patient access, quality, and outcomes by race, ethnicity, language, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and payer.
What else to know: The reports are also required to include a plan to prioritize and address disparities for vulnerable populations identified in the data submitted by hospitals.
CHA Member Alert: Invite Congressional Representatives to Your Hospital This Summer
What’s happening: CHA is urging hospitals to build relationships with members of Congress by inviting them for a visit or tour during summer recess. Invitations should go out soon because schedules fill up quickly.
What else to know: These visits will help educate and inform lawmakers ahead of critical health care policy votes in December.
With a Month Left in Session, Positive News on Many Bills
Next month, state legislators will return from their summer recess and finalize the outcome of hundreds of bills — including dozens that will have some bearing on hospital care — before concluding the 2024 session on Aug. 31.
