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A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services can require hospitals to reveal the prices they negotiate with insurers. As required by the Hospital Price Transparency final rule – effective Jan. 1, 2021 – hospitals will be required to post gross charges, payer-specific negotiated rates, the de-identified minimum and maximum negotiated rates, and the cash discount price for all items and services on a website in a machine-readable format. In addition, the final rule requires posting of information for 300 “shoppable” services in a consumer-friendly manner.

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CHA will offer a complimentary, members-only webinar to help providers understand flexibilities in Medi-Cal enrollment and payment for services for COVID-19 patients. The program, to be held 10-11:30 a.m. (PT) July 1, will be presented by René Mollow, MSN, RN, deputy director of health care benefits and eligibility at the California Department of Health Care Services. 

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On June 12, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finalized revisions to regulations implementing the nondiscrimination provision of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The final rule makes the following changes: 

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On Monday, the Governor and legislative leaders announced an agreement on a state budget plan that would avoid the deep cuts to health and human service programs the Governor had proposed in May. Legislators rejected the Governor’s proposed cuts to safety-net programs, stating the demand for these services is greater now than ever.  Notably, the budget agreement rejects an earlier proposal to cut certain Medi-Cal managed care payments that would have directly impacted hospitals, a cut CHA opposed (see CHA’s media statement issued yesterday). 

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A Beverly Hills law firm recently filed at least five lawsuits against hospitals and other providers in California, challenging the constitutionality of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act’s (MICRA’s) $250,000 pain-and-suffering damages cap and its limits on contingency attorneys’ fees applicable in medical malpractice cases. 

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CHA and Our Health California (OHC), a digital community of more than 1 million hospital and health care supporters, recently took home three awards for digital content focused on both behavioral health and homelessness. The awards were won at the annual Aster Awards, an elite competition recognizing the nation’s most talented health care marketing professionals for excellence in advertising. 

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CHA, in partnership with more than 30 state hospital associations and the Executive Speakers Bureau to host six nationally-known experts who will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and share their expertise in resiliency, healthy policy, financial, strategic planning and more.  This is a complimentary, CHA members-only webinar series, June 25 – September 3. Click here to learn more. 

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As part of its Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Learning Community, the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) will host a webinar from noon to 1 p.m. (PT) on June 18 to discuss best practices in educating staff and patients/families about perinatal mental health.  The webinar will feature hospital exemplars from Cedars Sinai Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center Redding.  Registration is free and available here.