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CDPH Updates COVID-19 Health Orders, Guidance
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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
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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
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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.
Medi-Cal Relief Effort Kicks Into High Gear
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California’s hospitals are facing dire financial conditions due to huge pandemic-related losses, years of systemic state underfunding, and unprecedented inflationary pressures.
CHA Letter Asks HHS Secretary to Address Unfair Payment Practices
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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
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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
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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.
Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Submission Deadline is Feb. 28
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The deadline for hospitals that participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or Medicare Promoting Interoperability Programs to submit data for the mandatory Safe Use of Opioids-Concurrent Prescribing electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) and three self-selected eCQMs is Feb. 28 at 11:59 p.m. (PT).
CMS to Hold Webinar on Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program
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On Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. (PT), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a webinar on the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program. This presentation will include: Background Eligibility requirements Rulemaking process Registration Annual payment updates requirements Online tools The webinar slides are available for download from the Quality Reporting Center website...
Breaking Through on Emergency Medi-Cal Relief
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Over the past weeks and months, as CHA has been preparing its push for $1.5 billion in state relief to shore up a health care system on the edge, our messages continue to gain traction with media outlets throughout California.
