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
Fee Program Press is on in D.C., & Sacramento
While CHA continues to press in Washington, D.C., for approval of the final component — fee-for-service payment mechanisms — of Hospital Fee Program 9, we are also pushing the state for timely completion of submission for the next iteration, Program 10.
Summary Analysis of Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded Model Available
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite, in partnership with DataGen, has issued a hospital-specific summary analysis of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded (CJR-X) model.
OHCA Board Acknowledges Hospital Data Volatility, Weighs Combined Hospital Spending Measure
What’s happening: At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board reviewed a proposal to combine hospitals' inpatient and outpatient spending growth into a single measure for each payer. The board also, for the first time, publicly examined the volatility in the hospital-reported revenue data OHCA uses to measure hospital performance against...
Future of Medi-Cal Advisory Group Continues to Explore Wide-Ranging Expansion Proposals
The Future of Medi-Cal Commission Advisory Group met this week and continued conversations around a very wide-ranging set of concepts to expand the Medi-Cal program. These themes center on creating a more member-centered, integrated, and outcomes-driven Medi-Cal system. The group discussed simplifying eligibility and enrollment, improving navigation and access, strengthening community-based and interdisciplinary primary care,...
OHCA Decision Indicates Court Recognizes Harm Being Caused
Last week, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Quinn ruled that CHA’s lawsuit against the Office of Health Care Affordability can proceed and that the court will rule on the merits of the case.
CHA Letter Calls out Lack of Hospital Perspective Shared with OHCA Board
What's happening: Prior to its next meeting on Sept. 23, CHA submitted a comment letter to the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) calling attention to the fact that key hospital information — gathered at a July workshop and submitted in 43 hospital letters ahead of OHCA's comment deadline — was summarily disregarded before the...
August Invoices Past Due, Should be Paid as Soon as Possible
What’s happening: Two hospital fee program invoices were due on Aug. 26. Hospitals that have not yet paid these invoices in full should do so as soon as possible.
Download Monthly DHCS Data Files for August ASAP
What’s happening: As of the Sept. 14 deadline, 77 hospitals had not yet downloaded their Private Hospital Directed Payment (PHDP) volume reports and encounter detail files for August.
CHA Joins Opposition to Prop 44, Which Would Restrict Clinic Spending
What’s happening: CHA has joined the California Primary Care Association in opposing Proposition 44. This initiative would require community health clinics to spend 90% of their revenue on program services.
EMSA Launching New Portals for Specialty Care Data, Electronic Patient Records
What’s happening: The Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) is replacing its Patient Registry and Hospital Hub platforms with California Patient Outcomes Portal (CAL-POP) and California Hospital Online Portal (CHOP), respectively, and establishing new platforms for specialty care data submission and electronic patient care record (ePCR) access.
