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
Learn More About Multipurpose Senior Services Program During CHA Webinar
CHA is hosting a webinar on March 15 to increase awareness about the Multipurpose Senior Services Program, which provides social and health care management services to help individuals remain in their own homes and communities.
CHA Webinar Will Detail Updates to the BPCI-A Payment Model
On March 21, CHA will host a webinar that will provide an overview of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A) model, which was recently extended by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CHA DataSuite Releases the Medicare Quality Programs Overview Report for FFYs 2021-2023
CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific overview report of the Medicare quality programs. The report, which is designed in the business intelligence platform, summarizes hospital quality performance and impacts for the three Medicare inpatient programs: value-based purchasing (VBP), readmissions reduction program, and the hospital acquired condition (HAC) reduction program for federal fiscal years (FFYs) 2021...
CDPH Updates COVID-19 Health Orders, Guidance
On March 3, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced updates to several state public health officer orders and other guidance, including those related to COVID-19 vaccination, masking, isolation, and quarantine.
Updates for the Week of Feb. 27
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) New Overview Fact Sheet
Hospital Price Transparency: Progress & Commitment to Achieving Its Potential
2022 Occupational Mix Survey Hospital Reporting Form CMS-10079 for the Wage Index Beginning FY 2025
CHA Issues Summary of Proposed Rule on Medicare DSH Adjustment Determinations
CHA has issued a members-only summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., of a proposed rule that would change the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) policies on how the Medicare disproportionate share (DSH) adjustment is determined.
CHA Letter Asks HHS Secretary to Address Unfair Payment Practices
CHA has sent a letter to Mark Ghaly, MD, secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency, asking him to direct the state’s health plan regulators to take immediate action to address the plans’ unfair payment practices.
Privacy Breach Reports Due March 1
Federal law requires hospitals and other HIPAA-covered entities to report all 2022 HIPAA privacy breaches affecting fewer than 500 patients to the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by March 1.
Independent Dispute Resolution Entities Resume Issuing Certain Payment Determinations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted guidance for certified independent dispute resolution (IDR) entities to resume issuing payment determinations for disputes involving out-of-network services and items furnished before Oct. 25, 2022. This is effective Feb. 27.

