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
HQI Will Facilitate Community of Practice on Workplace Violence in 2024
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What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) will facilitate a Community of Practice on Eliminating Hospital Workplace Violence from January to December 2024. 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...
Managed Care Plans to Face Sanctions from DHCS for Poor Performance
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What’s happening: Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) will face sanctions from the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for failing to meet quality performance standards. What else to know: DHCS has issued All Plan Letter (APL) 23-012, which updates and clarifies the policy on the imposition of administrative and monetary sanctions to plans that fail...
CHA Joins Advisory Group for California’s New 988 System
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What’s happening: 988 replaced the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number in 2022. CHA’s Kirsten Barlow has been appointed to California’s 988-Crisis Policy Advisory Group tasked with developing a comprehensive five-year plan for the system. What else to know: Barlow will ensure the hospital voice is part of the conversation shaping the future of a system...
CHA Comments on Proposed Financial Penalties for Information Blocking
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What’s happening: CHA submitted comments in response to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) proposed provider disincentives for information blocking.
What else to know: Comments were due Jan. 2.
Major OHCA Developments to Track in 2024
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What’s happening: OHCA ended 2023 with a proposed preliminary spending target of 3% annually for five years and it finalized cost and market impact review regulations.
What else to know: OHCA’s policy development and implementation is expected to accelerate in 2024, specifically related to the adoption of an initial health care spending target.
Data Exchange Framework Resources Available on CHA Website
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What’s happening: Assembly Bill 133 (Statutes of 2021) outlined the requirement for health care providers, plans, and other entities to exchange health information in real time for treatment, payment, or health care operations. What else to know: In July 2023, the California Health and Human Services Agency’s Center for Data Insights and Innovation released the...
New Patient Medicare Appeals Processes Proposed
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would establish an appeals process for Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted as an inpatient but whose status changed to outpatient during their hospital stay. What else to know: Policies are being established in response to a court order following a...
Department of Health Care Services Issues Updated Enhanced Care Management Guidance
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has issued All Plan Letter (APL) 23-032, which provides updated guidance to Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) on the provision of enhanced care management (ECM).
What else to know: ECM is a component of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal initiative.
CHA Stands with Governor Newsom on Behavioral Health Ballot Proposition
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What’s happening: Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the Yes on Proposition 1 campaign on Jan. 3. The $6 billion bond measure would reform California’s Mental Health Services Act and create more than 10 thousand new behavioral health treatment beds across the state. What else to know: Kirsten Barlow, CHA vice president, policy, attended the Yes on...
New Managed Care Plan Changes in January Help Advance Health Equity, Access, and Accountability
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What’s happening: Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) will operate under a new and revamped contract intended to better advance quality, access, accountability, health equity, and transparency. What else to know: Also effective Jan. 1, 2024, MCPs available for enrollment in certain counties will change due to county-elected model changes, the awarding of...
