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DHCS to Issue Additional Private Hospital Supplemental Fund Reconciliation Payments
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The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will issue reconciliation checks, dated Dec. 10 and 16, to hospitals that receive the Private Hospital Supplemental Fund (PHSF) state fiscal year 2020-21 Round A payments.
CHA Urges Loan Forgiveness Parity for Physicians in Joint Letter to Congress
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CHA – along with the California Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, and the Texas Hospital Association – sent a letter to Congress this week urging it to include Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program parity for California and Texas physicians in the next COVID-19 relief package or any year-end legislation.
CEO Message: Managing Scarcity Amid a Record COVID-19 Surge
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“… good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” – Albert Camus
The strong recommendation issued last week by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to regularly test hospital workers for COVID-19 may have been born of good intent: to protect our vital health care workforce and make them feel even safer.
Updates for the Week of Nov. 30
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
Register: Hospital Price Transparency Webcast, Dec. 8 Register: Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule Call, Dec. Hospice Quality Reporting Program: November Refresh CMS Issues Final Rule to Amend the Risk Adjustment Data Validation Program
CMS Issues Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its calendar year (CY) 2021 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule.
CMS Issues Final Physician Payment Regulations for 2021
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its calendar year (CY) 2021 physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule.
CHA Releases Summaries of New Drug Pricing Payment Model and Part D Safe Harbor Final Rules
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CHA has issued detailed summaries, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, of two drug pricing final rules recently published by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
HHS Issues Final Regulation on Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules
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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a final rule revising safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, as well as civil monetary penalty rules for beneficiary inducements. The regulations are effective Jan. 19, 2021.
CMS to Host Call on Stark Law Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a Special Open Door Forum on Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. (PT) to discuss its final rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law, also known as the Stark Law.
OSHPD Clarifies Grace Period for Temporary Work for COVID-19 Until March 1
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The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) has posted to its COVID-19 Resources web page the clarification that an OSHPD permit is not required for temporary changes or use of modifications to the physical environment for COVID-19 during the period of California Department of Public Health All Facilities Letter 20-26.3, which is in place until March 1, 2021, unless extended.
