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
Updates for the Week of Aug. 10
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available Now Available: Web-Based Course on Hospice QRP Education and Training Resources by Topic with Hotlinks for Easy Access CMS proposes updated national coverage determination for artificial hearts and ventricular assist devices
HHS Announces Opportunity to Apply for Provider Relief Fund General Distributions by Aug. 28
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The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced an additional opportunity for hospitals to apply for Provider Relief Funds. Specifically, providers who missed the June 3 deadline to apply for funding equal to 2% of their total patient care revenue (from the $20 billion portion of the $50 billion Phase 1 general distribution) and certain providers who experienced a change in ownership — making them previously ineligible for Phase 1 funding — will be eligible to apply for financial relief.
CMS Announces New Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new Innovation Center model intended to improve rural health by leveraging innovative financial arrangements, and providing operational and regulatory flexibilities.
CHA Releases New Materials for Care Can’t Wait Campaign
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CHA has developed a new communications toolkit and updated messaging designed to help assure the public that hospitals are safe and delaying care can be dangerous. The updated Care Can’t Wait messaging incorporates results from the latest online poll (July 2020), as well as a social media toolkit with variety of mix-and-match social posts and graphics that can help you communicate these safety messages.
Appropriate Use Criteria Testing and Education Period Extended Through 2021
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its has extended the testing and educational period of its appropriate use criteria (AUC) through 2021.
CMS Publishes Medicare Geographic Reclassification Data for FFY 2022
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted its Three Year Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB) Reclassification Data for the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 applications for MGCRB reclassification.
HQI to Host Webinar on Community Resources for Perinatal Mental Health
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As part of its Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Learning Community, the Hospital Quality Institute will host a webinar from noon to 1 p.m. (PT) on Aug. 20 to discuss development of community referral resources for perinatal mental health.
CMS Issues Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Final Rule for 2021
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final rule for the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS). In the rule, CMS finalizes a 2.8% increase (or $280 million) in payments to IRFs, reflecting a 2.4% market-basket increase, and a 0.4% increase in outlier payments.
CMS Issues FFY 2021 Hospice Wage Index Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final rule updating hospice payment rates for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021. Overall, CMS finalizes a payment increase of 2.4%, or approximately $540 million, compared to FFY 2020.
CMS Proposes Rule to Retroactively Include Medicare Advantage Days in Medicare DSH Calculation
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would retroactively incorporate Medicare Advantage (MA) days into the Medicare fraction of a hospital’s disproportionate patient percentage for the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program.
