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
Changes Finalized to Substance Use Disorder Record Sharing Rules
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What’s happening: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued long-awaited regulations implementing changes to requirements for sharing substance use disorder (SUD) patient data.
What else to know: The CHA-supported regulations are intended to better align SUD record-sharing rules with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.
CHA DataSuite Released Medicare Hospital FFY 2025 Wage Index and Occupational Mix Revised Data Analysis
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the Medicare hospital federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 wage index and occupational mix data. What else to know: The data has been revised and is the second of three wage and occupational mix data public use files (PUFs) that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Staff Proposal for Affordability Target Misses the Mark
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In just a little more than a month, the public comment period for a staff-proposed 3% annual growth target for health care spending in California will close, and the board members of the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) will consider approving that target.
CHA Will Host 2024 Hospital Finance and Reimbursement Seminar
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What’s happening: CHA will host a one-day seminar on March 11 (Sacramento) and 13 (Burbank) at 8 a.m. to discuss how Medicare, Medi-Cal, and other hospital reimbursements will be impacted by the state and federal regulatory environment, recently enacted and anticipated policies, and the new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA). What else to know:...
CHA Will Host Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Webinar
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What’s happening: CHA will host a complimentary, members-only webinar on Feb. 13 at 9 a.m. (PT) to discuss an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) review choice demonstration. Registration is open. What else to know: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently introduced the review choice demonstration (RCD) for IRFs in Alabama, with plans to...
Updates for the Week of Feb. 5
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CMS Selects Inpatient Hospitals as Targeted for FY 2026 Validation January 2024 Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog Data Refresh for Hospitals CMS Releases April 2024 Public Reporting Hospital Data for Preview Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: New CPT Codes for RSV Vaccine Administration Medicare Cost Report E-Filing System Webinar — February 14 Care Compare January...
Hospital Data Sharing Portal Now Open
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What’s happening: On Jan. 31, California health care organizations were required to begin sharing electronic health records under the California Data Exchange Framework (DxF). What else to know: The Center for Data Insights and Innovation (CDII) launched the participant directory in the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) Signing Portal last week. All participants are required to enter their...
CMS Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Medicare Advantage Payment Changes
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued advance notice of proposed changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) Part C and Part D payments for calendar year 2025.
What else to know: Comments are due to CMS by 2 p.m. (PT) on March 1.
Hospitals Are Invited to Join HQI’s Community of Practice on Eliminating Workplace Violence
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What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) is facilitating a Community of Practice on Eliminating Hospital Workplace Violence.
What else to know: The purpose of the community of practice is to connect individuals working on the issue of workplace violence in hospitals through a collaborative network designed for peer-to-peer learning and exchange.
CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of the Quality Program Measure Trends for Third Quarter 2023
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite issued a hospital-specific analysis for the quality program measure trends with an updated third quarter 2023 Care Compare data release. What else to know: The measures updated in this release are hospital consumer assessments of health care providers and systems, safety, outcomes, readmissions, and star ratings. The Centers for Medicare &...
