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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Hospital Quality Institute Releases White Paper on Workplace Violence
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The safety and well-being of health care workers are basic preconditions for delivering safe and effective patient care. In response to a dramatic rise in workplace violence affecting member hospitals in recent years, the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) has developed a white paper: Workplace Violence in Hospitals: Issues, Trends, Prevention, and Response.
CHA Hosts Webinar on Two Proposed Rules on Medicaid Programs
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On June 15, CHA will host a members-only webinar on two proposed rules related to Medicaid programs.
CHA DataSuite Releases Three Quality Program Analyses
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CHA DataSuite has issued three hospital-specific analyses related to quality programs. The analyses are for quality program measure trends, federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 Value-Based Purchasing program (first quarter 2023), and the FFY 2024 Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction program (first quarter 2023).
CMS Reminds Providers of Discharge Requirements to Post-Acute Care Providers
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a memo reminding providers of the regulatory requirements for hospital discharges to post-acute care providers.
CMS Modifies Critical Access Hospital 96-Hour Calculation for COVID-19 PHE Waiver Period
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a memo making a one-time adjustment to the 96-hour annual average patient length of stay for critical access hospitals (CAHs) due to the waiver of the requirement during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
CHA Comments on IPPS Proposed Rule
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CHA has submitted comments on the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule.
Updates for the Week of June 5
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Q1 2023 HCAHPS Data Due By July 5
Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: May Newsletter
CMS seeks comments on development of electronic clinical quality measure on screening for social risk factors
Register for 2023 CMS HL7 FHIR Connectathon
Minimum Wage Bill Heads to Assembly; Amendments Fail to Address Cost Concerns
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Last week, after multiple votes within a single day, a host of verbal concessions and future promises between legislators, and a few amendments, a bill that would raise the minimum wage for all health care workers in all settings in California to $25 an hour squeaked through the state Senate with the minimum number of votes needed.
CMS Issues Final Rule Related to Medicare Advantage Days in Disproportionate Share Calculation
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On June 7, CMS issued a final rule related to the treatment of Medicare Advantage days for the purpose of calculating a hospital’s disproportionate patient percentage. The rule is in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Azar v. Allina Health Services and applies to cost reporting periods starting before fiscal year 2014. CHA is...
Hospital Supplier Diversity Reports for 2022 Due July 1
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CHA is reminding members that hospital supplier diversity reports for calendar year 2022 are due on July 1.
