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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Members-Only Impact Analyses for FFY 2026 Medicare SNF, IRF, and LTCH PPS Now Available
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite has released hospital-specific impact analyses of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2026 Medicare skilled-nursing facility (SNF), inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS), showing providers how the final rule will impact FFY 2026 Medicare inpatient fee-for-service payments.
Transformation Program Stakeholder Survey Due Tomorrow
What’s happening: Hospitals and rural health partners should make every effort to complete the Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI’s) survey on the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) — a $50 billion fund enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — before tomorrow’s deadline.
Hospitals Should Increase Participation in APOT Audit Tool
What’s happening: To increase data confidence and reliability, more hospitals must register for the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s (EMSA’s) “APOT Audit Tool” and begin conducting monthly audits. To be compliant with Assembly Bill (AB) 40 requirements, hospitals must also submit their APOT reduction protocols to EMSA.
HHS to Increase Enforcement of Info Blocking Violations
What’s happening: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will increase enforcement efforts against providers and other entities that engage in information blocking, as authorized under the 21st Century Cures Act.
CMS Issues Preliminary Guidance on Medicaid State-Directed Payments
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued preliminary guidance regarding the implementation of certain state-directed payment (SDP) provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
CHA Files Amicus Brief Opposing Drug Manufacturers’ Lawsuits Over 340B Rebate Models
What’s happening: CHA has filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief with 36 other state and regional hospital associations supporting the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) against pharmaceutical manufacturers’ appeal of rulings related to 340B Drug Pricing Program rebate models.
CMS Approves Children’s Hospital Supplemental Payment for CY 2025
What’s happening: On Sept. 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved California’s Children’s Hospital Supplemental Payment Program for calendar year (CY) 2025, which will provide $230 million in total funding to support eligible network children’s hospitals.
CHA Issues Draft Comments on Physician Fee Schedule Proposals
Editor's note: On Sept. 12, CHA submitted the letter referenced below - read the final comments.
What’s happening: Members are encouraged to use CHA’s new draft comments on the calendar year (CY) 2026 physician fee schedule proposed rule as a template for their own comments.
Congress Shares Concerns About Proposed 340B Rebate Model with Health Secretary
What’s happening: A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlining concerns about the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program.
HCAI Releases Advisory Guide to Help Hospitals Meet Functional Program Requirement
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) has released an advisory guide to help hospitals develop effective functional programs, which are required for all new construction, additions, or modifications to specific hospital department functions that affect patient care directly or indirectly.
