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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Deadline Approaching to Dispute Per Resident Amounts and Full Time Equivalent Resident Caps
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A Nov. 18 deadline is approaching for teaching hospitals that want to request reviews of their per resident amounts (PRAs) and full-time equivalent resident caps for certain cost reports.
CMS Issues Final Rule Correction Notice for FFY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its final rule correction notice for the federal fiscal year 2023 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS).
CDC to Hold Training on New COVID-19 Data Collection
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Starting next month, the federal government is changing how it collects and handles COVID-19 hospital data.
Change in Medi-Cal to Affect 325,000 Dually Eligible Patients
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Medi-Cal coverage for people enrolled in both Medi-Cal and Medicare is changing for many Californians next year.
Midterm Election Shakes Up California’s Political Chessboard
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Earlier this week, the 2022 midterm election shuffled the state and federal political decks, altering for at least the next two to 10 years the makeup of the bodies that determine health care policy for hospitals here in California and throughout the nation.
CHA Encourages Members to Respond to CMS about No Surprises Act
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CHA has issued draft comments in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) request for information (RFI) on the advanced explanation of benefits (AEOB) and good faith estimate (GFE) requirements of the No Surprises Act. The No Surprises Act addresses surprise medical billing at the federal level. CHA encourages members to use its...
CHA Presses for Permanent Extension of COVID-19 Flexibilities
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CHA, in its responses to the request for information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has given recommendations on how to improve or make permanent critical waivers and flexibilities that stemmed from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Deadline Approaching to Apply for Equity of Care Award
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Hospitals and health care systems have until Nov. 18 to apply for the Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award.
Webinar about Best Practices in Combating Syphilis Epidemic set for Nov. 16
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A webinar about the recent syphilis outbreaks and screening for the disease in a high-risk emergency department population is set for Nov. 16.
Medicare Outpatient Expenditures Estimated to Grow $6.5B
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The calendar year 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, issued Nov. 1, 2022, by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare expenditures under OPPS will increase by $6.5 billion, relative to estimated current year payments, based on changes in the final rule. Key provisions are:
