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CHA’s Finance Week Webinars Will Feature Five Critical Topics
CHA will address five critical aspects of hospital finance during Finance Week, Aug. 22-26. The webinars will cover one topic per day, five days in a row, with experts offering guidance and answering questions each day.
CMS Issues 2023 Skilled-Nursing Facility PPS Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule on payments to skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2023.
Reprieve From Seismic Mandate Remains Key Focus in Legislature’s Final Month
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Next week, as the state Legislature begins the home stretch of its current session, our major focus on behalf of your hospitals will continue to be relief from the 2030 seismic mandate.
Updates for the Week of July 25
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
DHCS Delays First Wave of Medi-Cal Rx Prior Authorization Reinstatement to Sept. 16
On July 26, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and its Medi-Cal Rx contractor Magellan announced a delay in the first wave of reinstatement of prior authorizations for new start medications in 11 therapeutic drug classes from late August to Sept. 16.
CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of CY 2023 Medicare Home Health PPS Proposed Rule
CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the calendar year (CY) 2023 Medicare home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
HHS Issues Proposed Rule on Nondiscrimination Protections in Health Care
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has issued a proposed rule implementing the nondiscrimination provision of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in certain health programs and activities. California law is generally in line with the proposed...
Congress Urges CMS to Fix Inpatient Payment Proposal
A bipartisan group of representatives and senators signed letters to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure urging the agency to revise the inadequate inpatient payment proposal for federal fiscal year 2023 to more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients and communities.
CMS Issues Final FFY 2023 Inpatient Rehabilitation, Psychiatric PPS, and Hospice Wage Index Rules
On July 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules updating the Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs), and hospice facilities for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2023. These regulations are effective Oct. 1.
Retention Payment Update: CHA Publishes Provisional FAQs
On July 22, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) officially announced that the clock for the Retention Payment Program will begin on July 30 and run until Oct. 28.
