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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CMS Issues FFY 2022 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS Final Rule
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system final rule updating payment policies and rates. The final rule is effective Oct. 1.
DHCS Releases New Wiring Instructions for Hospital Fee Invoices
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As previously shared in CHA News,the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) distributed the invoices last week for the 2019-21 Hospital Fee Program Managed Care Directed Payment invoices for the July-December 2019 period.
CHA DataSuite Releases Home Health Proposed Rule and VBP Analyses
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CHA DataSuite has released two hospital-specific analyses of the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare home health prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule and value-based purchasing (VBP) program.
Testing Supplies Available through Your MHOAC and COVID-19 Testing Task Force Website
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In order to implement the state public health officer order released July 26, your hospital or health system may need to add additional testing for unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated workers. There are several resources available through the State of California if you need to create additional testing capacity.
All Plan Letter Reminds Health Plans About Continued Coverage of COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing
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Upon the announcement of a state public health order on testing for employees in health care settings, the Department of Managed Health Care released All Plan Letter 21-020.
CDPH Issues Guidance on Elder Abuse Reporting for SNFs
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities letter (AFL) 21-26 for providers, including skilled-nursing facilities, on the requirement to report abuse, neglect, exploitation, and/or mistreatment of residents, particularly elders or dependent adults.
Vaccines Save Lives. Period.
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“Vaccines are in a sense victims of their own success. Diseases which caused so much fear years ago cause little fear today because today’s parents have never seen such cases. They are artifacts of history to them.” – Walter A. Orenstein, professor of medicine, pediatrics and global health at Emory University and associate director of the Emory Vaccine Center
Provider Relief Funds Protected in Infrastructure Package; CHA Alert Asks for Immediate Release
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The U.S. Senate took the first step toward passing bipartisan infrastructure legislation on July 28 with a procedural vote of 67-32.
FEMA Releases Advisory on Reimbursable Expenses for Outreach on COVID-19 Vaccinations
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued an advisory on reimbursable expenses for communications and outreach on the availability, safety, and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations.
DHCS Announces Medi-Cal Rx Will Go Live on Jan. 1, 2022
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On July 28, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) shared with CHA that Medi-Cal Rx will go live on Jan. 1, 2022.
