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
Reminder: Include ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes on Medi-Cal Rx Claims
What’s happening: As a reminder, ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes will be required for Medi-Cal Rx claims starting this fall.
HCAI Updates Advisory Guide on Functional Program
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information has released an updated version of the Advisory Guide on Functional Program.
Reminder: Hospital APOT Reduction Protocols Due June 30
What’s happening: As a reminder, all hospitals must submit an ambulance patient offload time (APOT) reduction protocol — required under Assembly Bill (AB) 40 (2023) — to the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) annually on or before June 30. CHA recommends hospitals submit their protocols as soon as possible.
Hospitals Must Weigh in on Penalties, Updated Market Oversight Rules at June 24 OHCA Board Meeting
What's happening: The Office of Health Care Affordability’s (OHCA) board meets next week to discuss the proposed spending target penalties, draft changes to the cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations, and health care spending trends from 2023-2024. Hospitals’ help is needed to push back against the exorbitant penalties proposed by OHCA; see CHA’s alert for guidance...
Provider Enrollment Information Available on Vaccines for Children Program
What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has released provider enrollment information on the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
Psychiatric Hospital Staffing Ratios Closing Beds Across CA, CHA News Release Warns
What’s happening: On Tuesday, CHA issued a news release describing how new staffing ratios for acute care psychiatric hospitals are forcing bed closures and driving youth and adults in mental health crisis into overcrowded emergency departments.
CHA-Sponsored Ballot Initiative Advances to November
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.
Late last week, the CHA-sponsored initiative to give health care workers a voice in how their hard-earned dues money is spent on political campaigns qualified for the November 2026 ballot.
CHA Formally Opposes Billionaire Tax Act
What’s happening: Earlier today, CHA issued a news release aligning with a broad coalition of health care organizations, unions, and everyday Californians in opposition to a ballot measure that would impose a tax on the state’s wealthiest residents.
Applications Open for HCAI Behavioral Health Workforce Funding
What’s happening: Hospitals should consider applying for a new, multi-year $196 million behavioral health workforce recruitment and retention program recently launched by the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI).
HCAI to Host Webinar on Planning for Disasters
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) will host a webinar on July 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) that is focused on hospitals’ planning and preparing for disasters.
