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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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...
Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage Expanded to Eligible Adults Regardless of Immigration Status
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What’s happening: Effective Jan. 1, 2024, California will provide full-scope Medi-Cal benefits to individuals ages 26 to 49, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, who otherwise meet financial eligibility criteria for the program. What else to know: The state previously expanded full-scope eligibility for similarly situated people ages 19 to 25 in 2020 and people...
Updates for the Week of Dec. 18
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DHCS Receives Federal Approval of the 2023-24 Hospital Fee Program
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What’s happening: On Dec. 15, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) received federal approval of the 2023-24 Hospital Fee Program, originally submitted in March 2023. What else to know: The program runs from Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2024, and will provide California’s hospitals with an annual net benefit of approximately $5.3 billion per year...
Provisions of Prescription Error Legislation to Take Effect
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What’s happening: Certain provisions in Assembly Bill (AB) 1286 (Haney, D-San Francisco) become effective Jan. 1, 2024. The California State Board of Pharmacy encourages licensees to immediately take steps for compliance. What else to know: The new law establishes a requirement for the reporting of medication errors that occur in the outpatient setting to an...
Together We Stand, For Patients
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“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” — Henry Ford
