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.
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Register Now for CHA’s Behavioral Health Care Symposium
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Registration is now open for CHA’s 2023 Behavioral Health Care Symposium.
CMS Issues FFY 2024 Skilled-Nursing Facility PPS Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule on payments to skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024.
CMS Suspends Independent Dispute Resolution Process in Wake of Court Decision
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On Aug. 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) suspended the independent dispute resolution process.
Updates for the Week of July 31
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Medicare Dementia Care Model Your Patient’s Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) May Change Home Health Agencies & Partial Hospitalization Programs: Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports Skilled-Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: August Performance Score Report Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: Revised July Interim Performance Reports ESRD Prospective Payment System: October 2023 Update Patient Driven...
CHA: A Strong Shield in Defense of Hospital Care
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With a little more than a month left in California’s 2023 legislative session, it’s a good time to pause to take stock of some of CHA’s successful advocacy work on a number of bills.
HCAI Publishes Draft Regulations on Hospital Transactions
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On July 31, the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) published draft regulations to implement new requirements for hospitals and other health care entities to notify HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) prior to engaging in certain transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations.
DHCS Issues Guidance on Timely Claims Payments by Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans
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On July 26, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released an All-Plan Letter reminding Medi-Cal managed care plans of their responsibility to pay providers on a timely basis.
CMS Issues FFY 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule.
CHA Will Host Webinar on OPPS, PFS Proposed Rules
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On Aug. 21, CHA is hosting a members-only webinar to discuss key provisions in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) calendar year 2024 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) proposed rule and physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule.
CHA Issues Summaries of Three FFY 2024 Medicare Payment Final Rules
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CHA has issued members-only summaries, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., of the final rules updating the Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs), and hospice facilities for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024. These regulations are effective Oct. 1.
