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
Livanta Changes Name to Commence Health
What’s happening: As of Aug. 18, Livanta — the Medicare Beneficiary and Family Centered Care-Quality Improvement Organization for California — is operating under the name Commence Health.
HCAI to Host Rural Health Transformation Program Webinar Next Week
What’s happening: On Sept. 4, the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) will host a kickoff webinar from 1-2 p.m. (PT) to provide guidance on the Rural Health Transformation Program — a $50 billion fund enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Congress Must Act to Help Hospitals Through Stronger Headwinds
As the state’s hospital and health system leaders just begin to grapple with the massive health care cuts enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — as much as $128 billion drained from California over the next decade — another threat from Washington, D.C., has emerged.
Ahead of Rule Development, OHCA Board Signals a More Balanced Approach to Spending Target Enforcement
What’s happening: At this week’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board meeting, members acknowledged a variety of potential reasons that a health care entity’s spending growth may justifiably exceed the target — a stark contrast from their sentiments at the July board meeting.
AHA Annual Survey Deadline Extended
What’s happening: The American Hospital Association (AHA) has extended the deadline for its annual survey to Sept. 5 in an effort to get more responses — especially from California hospitals.
OHCA Continues to Barrel Toward Deeper Health Care Cuts
In remarks that are as baffling as they are dangerous, many Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board members are doubling down on an arbitrary, accelerated, and punitive process to drain hospitals of resources needed for patient care.
