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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Senate Urges Leadership to Act on Impending DSH Cuts
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A bipartisan group of 51 senators urged Senate leaders to address the impending cuts to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program, which are scheduled to begin on Oct. 1. Senators Feinstein and Padilla signed the letter.
CHA Issues Summary of CY 2024 OPPS Proposed Rule, Will Hold Webinar on Aug. 21
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CHA has issued a comprehensive summary of the calendar year (CY) 2024 outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule.
CMS Finalizes Policies and Payment Updates for Long-Term Care Hospitals, Hospice Facilities
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized payment updates and policies for long-term care hospitals (LTCH) and hospice facilities for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024. The regulations are effective Oct. 1.
CMS Finalizes Policies on Medicare DSH Calculation
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As part of the federal fiscal year 2024 inpatient prospective payment system final rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also finalized its proposal to limit how Medicaid 1115 demonstration days count for purposes of the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) calculation.
Register Now for CHA’s Behavioral Health Care Symposium
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Registration is now open for CHA’s 2023 Behavioral Health Care Symposium.
CMS Issues FFY 2024 Skilled-Nursing Facility PPS Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule on payments to skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024.
CMS Suspends Independent Dispute Resolution Process in Wake of Court Decision
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On Aug. 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) suspended the independent dispute resolution process.
Updates for the Week of July 31
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Medicare Dementia Care Model Your Patient’s Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) May Change Home Health Agencies & Partial Hospitalization Programs: Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports Skilled-Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: August Performance Score Report Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: Revised July Interim Performance Reports ESRD Prospective Payment System: October 2023 Update Patient Driven...
CHA: A Strong Shield in Defense of Hospital Care
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With a little more than a month left in California’s 2023 legislative session, it’s a good time to pause to take stock of some of CHA’s successful advocacy work on a number of bills.
HCAI Publishes Draft Regulations on Hospital Transactions
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On July 31, the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) published draft regulations to implement new requirements for hospitals and other health care entities to notify HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) prior to engaging in certain transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations.
