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CHA Updates Federal Quality Measures Inventory
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CHA has issued its federal quality measure inventory to reflect the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) annual rulemaking for federal fiscal and calendar years 2022. Notably, due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS finalized limited changes to federal quality reporting requirements. The Excel workbook lists quality measures required for federal public reporting and performance-based programs for hospitals and other...
CHA Issues CY 2022 OPPS Final Rule Summary
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CHA has issued a detailed summary of the calendar year 2022 outpatient prospective payment system final rule. The policy and payment provisions in the final rule are effective beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The summary highlights key provisions of the final rule, including: Increased hospital price transparency penalties OPPS payment for 340B-acquired drugs Inpatient-only list Ambulatory surgical center (ASC) rate update ASC covered procedures list Radiation oncology model Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program CHA members are invited...
CMS Finalizes Teaching and Organ Acquisition Provisions in FFY 2022 IPPS Rule
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On Dec. 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with comment period. The rule implements legislative changes to Medicare payments to teaching hospitals contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) and addresses organ acquisition payment policies through changes, clarifications, and codifications relative to organ procurement organizations (OPOs), transplant hospitals, and donor community hospitals. Related to Medicare Indirect Medical Education and Direct Graduate Medical...
CHA DataSuite Releases Analysis of CY 2022 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
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CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system final rule. The analysis is intended to show providers how Medicare outpatient fee-for-service payments will change from CY 2021 to CY 2022 based on the policies set forth in the final rule. Changes modeled in this analysis include the market basket update, Affordable Care Act mandated market basket...
CHA Resources Assist Hospitals in Implementing New Laws
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To assist hospitals in the implementation of four new compliance-related laws that take effect on Jan. 1 — Assembly Bills (AB) 532, 1020, and 1204 and Senate Bill (SB) 510 — CHA has compiled resources for members. Specifically, there are fact sheets for AB 532 and 1020 (fair billing policies and health care debt and fair billing, respectively) and FAQs for AB 1204 (vulnerable populations) and SB 510 (reimbursement for COVID-19 testing and vaccination). In addition, CHA’s 2021 Report on State Legislation is designed to help hospitals understand...
Lawsuit Challenges Retroactive Coverage of COVID Testing
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The California Association of Health Plans (CAHP) has filed a lawsuit to invalidate a provision in Senate Bill (SB) 510 that requires health plans and health insurers to pay for workplace COVID-19 testing performed retroactively to March 4, 2020 — the date Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the pandemic. SB 510 was signed by Gov. Newsom on Oct. 8...
CHA Updates FAQs for Hospitals Facing Critical Staffing Shortage
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As the number of patients needing hospital care for COVID-19 again rises, CHA has updated its FAQs for Hospitals Facing Critical Staffing Shortages. These provide important resources for hospitals preparing for or experiencing workforce shortages. In addition, CHA’s COVID-19: FAQs & Resources for California Hospitals provides important information for hospitals on how to request additional staff from the Medical Health...
Courts Rule in Federal Vaccine Mandate Cases
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Last week, two courts issued rulings in separate lawsuits challenging federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. As a reminder, there are three federal vaccine mandates: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate that applies to hospitals and other facilities participating in the Medicare or Medicaid program A mandate that applies to some (not all) federal contractors The federal OSHA mandate that applies to businesses with more than 100 employees. Unlike...
New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Issued by OSHSB
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On Dec. 16, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) approved a new emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19. While the new COVID-19 ETS made several changes, the most notable change is to the restrictions on workers when they have a close contact with a COVID-19 case. Under the new COVID-19 ETS, workers with a close contact, irrespective of vaccine status, must physically...
A Year of Trials and Triumph
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.It’s been some 22 months since COVID-19 made its insidious presence felt in our state, and every Californian owes the women and men who work in health care the greatest debt of gratitude. The magnitude of the challenges hospitals have faced over the past two years has been matched […]
