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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CHA Develops New APOT Resource Page for Members
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View Post What’s happening: CHA has created a new web page that houses all resources related to ambulance patient offload time (APOT) to assist hospitals with Assembly Bill (AB) 40 compliance. What else to know: CHA plans to regularly update the web page with AB 40 regulation developments, news, advocacy materials, and information on educational...
California Rural Hospitals Invited to AHA Town Hall
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What’s happening: The American Hospital Association (AHA) Region 9 will hold a virtual Rural Advocacy Town Hall on Oct. 9, 10-11 a.m. (PT) through Microsoft Teams. Region 9 includes California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific territories. What else to know: The call will be led by AHA’s rural advocacy experts in Washington,...
Hospital Fee Program Invoices Due Sept. 25
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What’s happening: Payments for the 2022 Hospital Fee Program fee-for-service payment cycle 5 are due to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on Sept. 25.
What else to know: Invoices were mailed to hospitals from DHCS on Sept. 5.
DHCS Takes Steps to Expedite Access to Enhanced Care Management
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What’s happening: Effective Jan. 1, 2025, Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) must implement presumptive authorization arrangement with select providers of enhanced care management (ECM). What else to know: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is releasing updates to the ECM presumptive authorization policy parallel to the ECM Referral Standards that, together, are designed to...
CMS Updates Training on Post-Acute Care and More
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a web-based training course on the post-acute care (PAC) patient assessment instruments (PAI) and quality reporting programs (QRPs) for all PAC settings. What else to know: The updated training provides a high-level overview of data elements within the patient/resident assessment instruments across PAC...
CHA to Host Webinar on New Reimbursement Options for Inpatient Psychiatric Care
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What’s happening: CHA is hosting a members-only webinar on Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. (PT) on new Medi-Cal reimbursement options for inpatient psychiatric care.
What else to know: During this webinar, expert speakers will describe new options for hospitals seeking reimbursement for the inpatient psychiatric care they provide to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Registration is open.
OSHPD to Host Webinar on Hospital Construction Review Process
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD) is hosting a webinar to share updates about its review process for hospital construction projects.
What else to know: The webinar is scheduled for Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. (PT) and is free. Registration is open.
Mental Health Parity Rules Finalized
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What’s happening: The departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services have finalized rules to improve access to mental health services by requiring health plans to make changes when inadequate access is provided. What else to know: The final rule reinforces the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), which...
CHA DataSuite Releases FFY 2025 Medicare SNF, LTCH, and IPF Prospective Payment System Final Rule Analyses
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite issued hospital-specific analyses of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 Medicare skilled-nursing facility (SNF) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) final rules. What else to know: The analyses are intended to show hospitals how Medicare fee-for-service payments would change from FFY 2024 to FFY 2025 based on the...
Eye on Washington — Health Care in Spotlight as Congress Reconvenes
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With less than two months before America selects its next president, Congress has returned to Washington, D.C., to consider a federal funding plan, with action required before Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown. Given it is an election year, a shutdown is unlikely, and Congress will need to take temporary actions to keep programs operating.
