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
No Surprises Act Webinar Will Discuss Final Rule and Implementation Update
To assist members in navigating the No Surprises Act final rule, CHA will host a complimentary webinar from 11 a.m. to noon (PT) on Sept. 30.
CDPH Updates Requirements for Visitors to Health Care Facilities
After CHA and hospitals began inquiring about visitation to hospitals, on Sept. 15, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a state public health order that changes the requirements for visitors to health care facilities.
Report Details Severity of Financial Challenges Facing Hospitals
Last week, the American Hospital Association released a report from Kaufman Hall, a nationally renowned consulting firm, showing that losses in the billions of dollars for hospitals and health systems are expected through 2022, resulting in the most financially difficult year for the field since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
Public Health Emergency Extension Shows COVID-19 Fight Not Over
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Next month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to formally extend the federal public health emergency (PHE) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a move that HHS has made every 90 days since the emergency was declared in January 2020.
Updates for the week of Sept. 12
Expanded HHVBP Model: New Resources Now Available How Measure Performance Becomes Care Points How Care Points Become the Total Performance Score How the Total Performance Score Becomes the Final Payment Adjustment CMS Publishes LCDS Quarterly Q&As, September 2022, Consolidated September 2020 to September 2022 Document Register Now: Sept. 28 CMS Hospice Quality Reporting Program Forum LTCH and IRF Provider Preview Reports...
CMS Seeks Input on Advanced Explanation of Benefits and Good Faith Estimate Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information (RFI) on the advanced explanation of benefits and good faith estimate requirements of the No Surprises Act, which addresses surprise medical billing at the federal level.
CDPH Issues AFL on COVID-19 Therapeutics in SNFs
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 22-20, which communicates that all skilled-nursing facility (SNF) residents should be considered eligible to receive treatment for mild-to-moderate COVID-19 and should be evaluated by a prescribing clinician for consideration of COVID-19 therapeutics.
CMS Makes COVID-19 Vaccines, New Booster Free to Recipients, Announces New Codes for Reporting
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that both insured and uninsured people can get COVID-19 vaccines, including the new bivalent Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster, at no cost, for as long as the federal government continues purchasing and distributing them.
CDPH Ends Weekly COVID-19 Testing for Unvaccinated Individuals
After months of CHA and hospitals inquiring about the requirement to test unvaccinated workers, on Sept. 13, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that it is ending COVID-19 policies that required weekly testing for unvaccinated individuals in high-risk workplaces — including hospitals, other health care and congregate settings, and schools. While weekly testing...
CHA Responds to FEMA’s Proposed Methodology for Preventing Duplication of Benefits
On Sept. 13, CHA provided feedback to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on its voluntary methodology for reviewing hospital public assistance projects for duplication of benefits with patient care revenue from third-party payers and requested that FEMA conduct duplication of benefits reviews on an expedited basis.
