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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Relief Funds Must Come Quickly as Hospitals Endure Long-Term COVID Effects
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While there is cause for some optimism related to the COVID-19 crisis — vaccines have been approved for children 5-11 and the summer surge is finally behind us — it remains a daily struggle for many of California’s hospitals to make sure they have the resources needed to deliver the care their patients deserve.
Updates for the Week of Nov. 1
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
CMS Issues Final Rule on CY 2022 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final rule updating the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2022. In addition to ESRD PPS payment rates updates, the rule includes changes to the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) and to the ESRD Treatment Choices Model to address health equity. The rule is effective Jan. 1, 2022. CMS finalizes an ESRD PPS base rate of $257.90...
CHA Alert Urges Representatives to Ensure Congressional Intent in Implementation of No Surprises Act
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CHA encourages hospital leaders to continue to urge their representatives to sign on to a bipartisan letter to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor. The alert asks the agencies to correct the independent dispute resolution process included in the second No Surprises Act interim final rule. The deadline to sign on to the letter has...
FDA Authorizes Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines, CDC Advisers Meet this Week
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children in this age group is administered as a two-dose primary series, three weeks apart, but is a lower dose (10 micrograms) than that used for ages 12 older (30 micrograms). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Workforce Challenges Demand Big Thinking
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For the past two years, hospital leaders in California and throughout the nation have risen to meet perhaps the greatest test of their careers — a collective and effective response to a deadly pandemic that has killed millions worldwide.
Communications Roundup
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CHA communications highlights for October include:
CHA Publishes Lobbying Percentage of Dues for Medicare Cost Reports
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Hospitals are required to make adjustments to their Medicare cost reports to eliminate the portion of association membership dues related to certain unallowable lobbying expenses, as defined by Medicare. Each year, CHA calculates the unallowable-cost portion of association dues, which differ by geographic region and by tax status.
New Study Highlights Benefits of Hospital, Health System Partnerships to Patients, Communities
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CHA held a statewide media briefing Oct. 26 on the release of new research showing the value of integration in health care delivery in California.
Application Deadlines for Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan Rural Distribution Clarified
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The Health Resources and Services Administration has clarified the deadline for the single application for the upcoming distribution of $25.5 billion in Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan rural distributions. Applicants must complete the first step in the application process by submitting their Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for IRS validation no later...
