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Spotlight on Integration Demands Deeper Understanding of Its Value
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Last week, during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took aim at hospital consolidation, whose perception as a driver of health care costs — despite thin evidence — is growing.
CHA Issues FFY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Summary
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CHA has issued a detailed summary of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Comments are due to CMS by 2 p.m. (PT) on June 28 and can be submitted electronically by searching for file code “CMS-1752-P.”
CHA Issues Summary of FFY 2022 Long-Term Care Hospital PPS Proposed Rule
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CHA has issued a members-only summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., of the federal fiscal year 2022 long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Comments are due to CMS by 2 p.m. (PT) on June 28 and can be submitted electronically by searching for file...
Our Health California Looks at the State’s Dizzying Road to Mental Health Care
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California’s county-by-county approach to behavioral health care creates a system that leaves many people without the crisis behavioral health care they need. These disparities are a result of a fragmented payment system and services that are not coordinated statewide, leading to a confusing behavioral health care system throughout California.
Senate Confirms Brooks-LaSure to Lead CMS
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Earlier this week, the Senate confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The nomination was approved 55-44, with four Republicans voting yes. Brooks-LaSure previously served at the Department of Health & Human Services, including CMS, during the Obama administration and helped implement the Affordable Care Act. Before being nominated to lead CMS, she was...
HRSA Announces Funding for COVID-19 Uninsured Program Reimbursements
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced that it will devote $4.8 billion from the American Rescue Plan to support the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program.
The HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program provides reimbursements to eligible providers for claims attributed to COVID-19 testing, treatment, or vaccination for uninsured individuals. Additional information about the program is available on the HRSA website.
Updates for the Week of May 31
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
CHA DataSuite Releases FFY 2022 Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Proposed Rule Impact Analysis
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CHA DataSuite has released hospital-specific analyses of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 Medicare long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule impact, intended to show how Medicare LTCH fee-for-service payments may change from FFY 2021 to FFY 2022 based on the policies set forth in the proposed rule. The impact of site-neutral payments for certain cases has been...
Annual Increase in L.A.’s Minimum Wage Takes Effect July 1; Hospitals Need to Update Labor Law Posters
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In 2016, the city of Los Angeles enacted an annual, phased-in minimum wage increase that was modeled after the state’s minimum wage law. The city’s minimum wage is separate and higher than the state minimum wage. On July 1, the minimum wage in the city of Los Angeles will increase to $15 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees.
CMS to Reweight 2020 MIPS Cost Performance Category
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will reweight the cost performance category for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) from 15% to 0% for the 2020 performance period, due to the impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
