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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Toward a Stronger Political Voice
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California hospitals are a strong and powerful force in Sacramento and along with our colleagues in other states, a force in Washington, D.C. But more is needed and we need your help now by making a contribution to the California Hospital Association Political Action Committee (CHPAC) today.
CHA Submits Comments on Request for Information Related to Episodic Payment Models
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CHA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to the agency’s request for information related to episodic payment models.
CMS Announces Changes to ACO REACH Model for Performance Year 2024
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes to its accountable care organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model starting in performance year 2024.
CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of Medicare Hospital Wage Index Average Hourly Wage Criteria
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CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the Medicare hospital wage index average hourly wage criteria. Hospitals can use the criteria to test their ability to achieve a federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 Medicare hospital wage index reclassification. Applications for FFY 2025 hospital wage index reclassifications are due to the Medicare Geographic Classification Review...
CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of CY 2024 Medicare OPPS Proposed Rule
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CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule. The analysis is intended to show providers how Medicare outpatient fee-for-service payments will change from CY 2023 to CY 2024 based on the policies set forth in the proposed rule. A detailed summary of the proposed rule is available...
FAQS Issued on Independent Dispute Resolution Process Administrative Fee
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The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury have released frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution (IDR) administrative fee. The FAQs are in response to the Texas Medical Association v. United States Department of Health and Human Services opinion and order to vacate the established $350...
CA Supreme Court to Address Whether Hospitals Must Disclose ER Visit Fees Before Treating Patient
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For over a decade, at least 15 different class action lawsuits have been filed against California hospitals for failing to disclose their facility fees before patients were treated. The suits claim that hospitals failed to advise patients arriving at their emergency rooms that they would be charged an “evaluation and management services fee” (EMS fee),...
CHA DataSuite Releases Impact Analysis of CY 2024 Home Health Proposed Rule
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CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule. The analysis is intended to show HH providers how Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments will change from CY 2023 to CY 2024 based on the policies set forth in the proposed rule. A...
CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of FFY 2024 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Final Rule
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CHA DataSuite has released hospital-specific analyses of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 Medicare inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system final rule. The analysis is intended to show providers how Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments would change from FFY 2023 to FFY 2024 based on the policies set forth in the final rule. A detailed summary...
CHA Issues Summary of FFY 2024 SNF PPS Final Rule
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CHA has issued a members-only summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., of the federal fiscal year 2024 skilled-nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system final rule.
