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.
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Retention Payment Update: The Clock Starts July 30
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.
Innovative Wellness Program Shows Employees They’re Valued
When workers at Mayers Memorial Healthcare District in the Shasta County town of Fall River Mills became overwhelmed by the pandemic, the hospital launched an innovative program and hired a wellness coordinator to assess and tend to the needs of other staff. Learn more about the role of the wellness coordinator, whose goal is to...
CHA Provides Resources to Support Hospitals’ FEMA Applications
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requiring hospitals to offset reimbursement requests for qualified COVID-19 expenses for any third-party claims payment for health care services. However, the agency has not offered any detailed guidance on how any patient care-related revenue should be offset, and is relying on hospitals to provide a methodology.
Hospitals Are Resilient, Not Invincible
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.
There’s a widely held misconception about California’s hospitals that their proven resilience in the face of challenges over decades upon decades means they can withstand anything thrown their way.
Updates for the Week of July 18
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
Reminder: Reinstatement of Medi-Cal Rx Pharmacy Claim Edits Goes Live July 22
As previously announced in CHA News, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and its Medi-Cal Rx contractor Magellan will reinstate pharmacy claim edits and Reject Code 88 for diagnosis and drug utilization review requirements on July 22.
CHA Supports Expanded GME in Reconciliation Legislation
CHA — as part of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Advocacy Coalition — sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to increase Medicare support for GME in the budget reconciliation legislation.
CHA Comments on Proposed Changes to Hospital and Health Care Complex Cost Report
CHA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed changes to the Hospital and Health Care Complex Cost Report.
CHA Alert Urges Congress, CMS to Fix Inadequate Inpatient Payment Proposal
CHA recently issued an alert urging members to call or email their U.S. representatives and ask them to sign a letter being circulated by Reps. Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Carol Miller (R-WV). The letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, urges CMS to ensure that next year’s Medicare payments to...
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Launches
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules that established 988 as the nationwide three-digit phone number to connect Americans in crisis with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
