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
News and Notes from CHA’s Communications Department
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What’s happening: CHA’s campaign to shine a light on harmful insurance company practices is performing well with its Sacramento audience.
What else to know: As of the end of May, the digital campaign has yielded:
CHA Raises Concerns Over Board of Pharmacy Proposed Regulations
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What’s happening: CHA submitted comments in response to the Board of Pharmacy (BoP) proposed regulations on nonsterile compounding, sterile compounding, and hazardous medications. What else to know: In these comments, CHA raises concerns about the regulations’ benefit to patients, the significant financial impact to hospitals, and the lack of evidence that pharmacies are not complying...
Hospitals Can Require Change Healthcare to Make Breach Notifications
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What’s happening: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that hospitals and health systems can require UnitedHealth Group to notify patients if their data was stolen during the Change Healthcare cyberattack on Feb. 22. What else to know: CHA is urging the California Department of Public Health to make a similar clarification under...
MCO Funding Must be Restored
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California’s Legislature has a little more than a week to finalize the state budget for the coming year — no small task given the multibillion-dollar, multiyear deficit at hand.
Hospital Leaders Press for Worker Protections, Seismic Extension
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What’s happening: CHA members and staff visited state lawmakers on Wednesday to promote Assembly Bill (AB) 977 (Rodriguez, D-Pomona) that would increase protections for health care workers in emergency departments (EDs) and Senate Bill (SB) 1432 (Caballero, D-Merced) that would provide a time extension to hospitals from California’s 2030 seismic construction mandates. What else to know:...
Updates for the Week of May 27
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June 5 Webinar: Reviewing Your FY 2025 Hospital VBP Program Medicare Spending per Beneficiary Hospital-Specific Report Medicare Shared Savings Program: Apply by June 17 for Jan. 1 Start Date Medicare Providers: Deadlines for Joining an Accountable Care Organization Medical Services Authorized by the Veterans Health Administration: Avoid Duplicate Payments Pass-Through Device: Correct Returned Claims ICD-10...
CHA Comments on Data Collection for MA Plans
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What’s happening: CHA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to a request for information related to data collection for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
What else to know: CHA strongly encourages CMS to use the formal rulemaking process to implement additional data collection and reporting requirements.
CHA to Host Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule Webinar
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What’s happening: CHA will host a members-only webinar on June 4 at 10 a.m. (PT) to discuss the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality rule, which was finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). What else to know: The rule finalizes significant changes and clarifications regarding...
DHCS Announces Upcoming Supplemental Payment Dates for 2023-24
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will make April-May payments for state fiscal year (SFY) 2023–24 for the following programs on June 10:
Qualified Non-Designated Public Hospitals Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)
Private DSH Replacement
What else to know: The payments will have a warrant date of June 6.
Behavioral Health Infrastructure Grants Available in July
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What’s happening: The Newsom administration will start taking applications for behavioral health infrastructure grants this summer; hospitals will be eligible to apply. What else to know: When voters passed Proposition 1 on the March 2024 ballot, they approved a $6.4 billion bond to finance new investments in housing and treatment for Californians experiencing mental health...
