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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Register Now for HQI Annual Conference
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Registration is now open for the 2022 Hospital Quality Institute Annual Conference to be held in both Northern California and Southern California.
Hear About Improving Community Birth Transfers in Upcoming CHPSO Webinar
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On May 18 from 11 a.m. to noon (PT), hear from an expert panel of California physicians and midwives during a Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization webinar about strategies to increase hospital-birth center collaboration, and particularly to improve community birth transfers.
CHA Issues Key Messages on Governor’s Budget Proposal on Community Benefits
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To assist members in discussions about the governor’s budget proposal on community benefits, CHA has developed key messages.
CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of FFY 2023 SNF Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
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CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2023 Medicare skilled-nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
CHA Webinar to Offer Look at Hospital Supplier Diversity Reporting System
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CHA will hold a webinar on May 20 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (PT) to detail the Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) new Hospital Disclosures and Compliance System, designed to assist hospitals in completing their Hospital Supplier Diversity Reports, which are due July 1.
Historic Agreement on Medical Injury Law Puts Californians First
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For nearly five decades, California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) has been a bulwark — protecting affordable access to quality care. Over the years, however, a growing concern — over the longstanding $250,000 cap on non-economic damages — began to arise from attorneys seeking greater compensation for injured patients.
CHA Alert Urges Legislature to Increase Funding for Equitable Care, Invest in Workforce
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CHA recently issued an alert urging members to write to Assembly and Senate leaders and ask them to support budget proposals that would increase access to equitable health care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries, add funding to the state’s Medi-Cal graduate medical education program, and make other major investments in the state’s health care workforce.
DHCS Sends FY 2021-22 Disproportionate Share Hospital Data to Hospitals for Data Correction Period
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On May 2, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) sent payment and utilization data to hospitals that have been determined eligible for payments under the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) and DSH replacement programs for fiscal year 2021-22.
New Funds Available for Emergency Department Navigators
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Applications are now available to all California hospitals with emergency services (comprehensive, basic, or standby) to participate in the California Bridge Navigator Program for emergency department (ED) patients with substance use disorders or co-occurring mental health conditions.
AHA Resources Available for National Hospital Week
The American Hospital Association and its professional membership groups have developed resources to assist hospitals and health systems in celebrating National Hospital Week, May 8-14.
