The newsroom includes access to CHA News, which provides timely information to members every Monday and 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.
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Communications Roundup
Recent CHA communications highlights include:
Read moreSpecial Elections Will Fill Two Assembly Seats
Two announcements this week from the state Assembly will trigger special elections.
Read moreDHCS Releases RFA for Behavioral Health Project
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has announced the release of the Request for Applications (RFA) for the Behavioral Health Justice Intervention Services (BHJIS) Project.
Read moreFederal Court Temporarily Halts CMS Vaccine Mandate Interim Final Rule
On Nov. 30, a federal district court in Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking enforcement of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) interim final rule requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care settings that receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement.
Read moreCHA Issues Draft Comments on Second No Surprises Act Interim Final Rule
CHA has issued a members-only copy of draft comments on the second interim final rule implementing the No Surprises Act (NSA) that includes provisions related to the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, good faith estimates for uninsured individuals, and the Patient-Provider Dispute Resolution process.
Read moreCHA DataSuite Releases Readmissions Reduction Program Analysis for FFY 2022
CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 Readmissions Reduction Program, designed in the Business Intelligence platform.
Read moreCMS Releases Model Language for No Surprises Act Forms
California Hospitals Should Reaffirm Commitment to Protecting Patients
As CHA continues to press federal agencies to correct the independent dispute resolution process in the second No Surprises Act interim final rule (during negotiations, Congress removed language to ensure a level playing field in arbitration, but the interim rule does the opposite by mandating a benchmark rate), we are asking every hospital in California to reaffirm your commitment to billing and price transparency best practices that deliver for patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
Read moreUpdates for the Week of Nov. 29
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
Read moreCHA Webinar to Address Workplace Violence Prevention
As hospital staff report an increase in the frequency of violent acts in the emergency department, inpatient, and outpatient settings, CHA will host a members-only webinar on Dec. 15 from 9 to 10:15 a.m. (PT) that will review Cal/OSHA workplace violence mitigation plan requirements.
The webinar will also discuss the American Hospital Association Hospitals Against Violence Initiative, featuring the Creating Safer Workplaces guide. The agenda also includes strategies for creating or updating a hospital’s health care workplace violence prevention plan. There will be time reserved at the end of the presentation for audience questions.
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