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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CHA Provides Summary of CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home Program
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On Nov. 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, significantly expanding the existing Hospital Without Walls waiver. Program details are available in a summary prepared by CHA.
Senate, Assembly Leadership Announce Committee Changes
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Leadership in both the Senate and Assembly have announced committee memberships for the 2021-22 legislative session. In the Assembly, chairs of committees of key interest for hospitals — including Health, Business and Professions, and Appropriations — remain the same, although there have been changes in sitting members.
Jan. 1 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Deadline Approaching
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California law requires employers to provide one hour of sexual harassment prevention training to staff by Jan. 1, 2021. In May, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing distributed its online training program as an option for employers to use. Other employers developed their own training.
CMS Announces a New Demonstration Project for IRF Claim Review
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking public comment on a new demonstration project for payment review for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs).
CEO Message: Progress on State Help Amid Crisis
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There is no way to sugarcoat this, nor should we: California’s hospitals are in the middle of a full-blown crisis.
COVID-19 cases are hitting new heights every day (more than 50,000 on Wednesday), hospitalizations for COVID-19 this week topped 16,000, and ICU capacity is rapidly dwindling (it was less than 2% in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley this week) due to shortfalls of critical care nurses.
The state projects the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals will double in a month’s time.
Meet the Hospital Workers Protecting the Health of Californians
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As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, health care heroes are working day and night to keep our communities safe, and support for them is more important than ever.
CHA Issues Summary of Final Physician Payment Regulations for 2021
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CHA has issued a detailed summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., of the calendar year 2021 physician fee schedule final rule.
CHA Issues Summary of Proposed Rule on Prior Authorization Processes
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CHA has issued a detailed summary, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, of the recently issued proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — in coordination with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology — to improve the electronic exchange of health care information, including to streamline and reduce the burden associated with health plan prior authorization processes through Application Programming Interfaces.
New Requirements for Controlled Substances Prescription Forms Take Effect Jan. 1
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Effective Jan. 1, 2021, prescriptions for controlled substances that are issued on a paper form must meet certain security requirements included in Assembly Bill (AB) 149. Specifically, AB 149 imposes new format requirements on the serial number and adds a barcode requirement.
CHA Honors COVID-19 Caregivers with Award of Merit
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For nearly a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued its relentless march through California. And through it all, the COVID-19 caregivers have been there to care for all who need them.
The Award of Merit is CHA’s highest honor and this year CHA is proud to honor the women and men of California’s hospitals — all 500,000 of them — who wake up every day and arrive at our hospitals, ready to care for the hundreds of thousands of patients during this pandemic.
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