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
CHA Brings Message of Hospital Financial Instability to Nation’s Capital
This week, CHA President & CEO Carmela Coyle traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with key policymakers on hospital financial instability and the need to protect access to essential health care services. The message was shared with officials at the executive and legislative branches of the federal government.
CHA DataSuite Releases Fourth Quarter 2022 Outpatient Quality Program Measure Trends Analysis
CHA DataSuite has released a hospital-specific analysis for the fourth quarter 2022 outpatient quality program measure trends.
Webinar Will Provide Update on Medicare Area Wage Index Litigation
An April 10 webinar will provide members with an update on the CHA-sponsored legal challenge to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ area wage index policies.
The Joint Commission Proposes Environmental Sustainability Requirements
The Joint Commission has proposed new accreditation standards that would require hospitals and critical access hospitals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Comments on the proposed standards are due May 3.
Symposium to Address Financial Uncertainty Facing Rural Hospitals
Join CHA leadership for the Rural Health Care Symposium on April 10-11, which will focus on identifying the obstacles crippling so many rural hospitals.
HRSA Announces Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Initiative
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced a modernization initiative to strengthen accountability and transparency in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The initiative includes: Data dashboards that detail individual transplant center and organ procurement organization data on organ retrieval, waitlist outcomes, and demographic data. Modernization of the OPTN IT system, improving OPTN governance,...
HCAI Makes Changes to Hospital Supplier Diversity Report
The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) has made changes to its Hospital Supplier Diversity Report, which hospitals are required to submit annually on their minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement efforts.
FCC Finalizes Changes to Rural Health Care Telehealth Program, Proposes Additional Changes
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a final rule updating its Rural Health Care Program, which supports rural providers with the costs of broadband and other communications services. The final rule adopts changes to improve the accuracy of urban and rural rates, funding cap rules and invoicing for the program.
DMHC Puts Renewed Focus on Unfair Health Plan Payment Practices
Two new developments show renewed focus by the state’s principal health plan regulator, the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), on unfair health plan payment practices.
CMS Issues Updated Guidance for Dialysis in SNFs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidance regarding the delivery of home dialysis services by certified end-stage renal disease (ESRD) providers in a skilled-nursing facility (SNF).
