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
Updates for the Week of March 23
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the following information:
Introduction to SNF and IRF Quality Reporting Program Web-Based Trainings Registration Open: April 2020 Overview of the SPADEs Webinar for LTCH and IRF Providers IRF, LTCH, Hospice Provider Preview Reports: Review Data by April 13 March 2020 Quarterly IRF, LTCH Compare Refresh Available LTCH CARE Data Submission Specifications SNF Claims Incorrectly Cancelled Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule Call — April 7 Medicare Parts A & B Appeals Process — Revised Draft OASIS-E Instrument Available CMS Delays Implementation of the Oct. 1 Minimum Data Set 3.0 v1.18.1 Release
CHA Requests Federal Assistance from Congress; OHC Activated to Help Advocate for Critical Funds for State
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Last week, CHA sent a letter to the California congressional delegation asking for immediate federal assistance to counter the threats hospitals are facing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Applications Due March 30 for Children’s Hospital Program
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The California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) reminds eligible hospitals (public or private nonprofit) that provide pediatric services to children eligible for the California Children’s Services program, of the deadline to apply for the first funding round of the Children’s Hospital Program of 2018. Applications must be received by CHFFA by 5 p.m. (PT) on March 30.
DHCS Issues Invoices for 2019-21 Hospital Fee Program
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The Department of Health Care Services has sent hospitals invoices covering the first four fee-for-service cycles of the 2019-21 Hospital Fee Program. The first invoice has a due date of April 29 and covers July 1, 2019 – Sept. 30, 2019. Hospitals will receive the first fee-for service payment on May 18. CHA will distribute the estimated implementation schedules for the 2019-21 Hospital Fee Program this week.
DHCS Issues 5th Supplemental Fee-for-Service Payment for 2017-19
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On March 16, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued the fifth supplemental fee-for-service (FFS) payment related to the 2017-19 Hospital Fee Program, representing the approximate 25% shortfall that occurred with the FFS Cycle 5 payment in May 2018. In recognition of the challenges hospitals are currently experiencing with the coronavirus pandemic, DHCS has agreed to move up the sixth FFS reconciliation payment — originally scheduled for May 18 — to the end of March, processing through EFT on April 6.
Online Training to Help Hospitals Address Implicit Bias in Maternity Care
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Effective January 2020, California Senate Bill 464 (Mitchell, 2019) requires California hospitals to educate their perinatal care staff about implicit bias. After consultation with the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) and other stakeholders, California Health Care Foundation has funded Diversity Science to develop online learning modules and associated resources for hospitals to assist them with this legislative requirement.
CDPH Issues AFL Announcing New Electronic Process for Reporting a Death Associated with Restraint or Seclusion
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The California Department of Public Health has issued an All Facilities Letter notifying hospitals that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) no longer accepts paper forms for reporting deaths associated with restraint or seclusion, and that hospitals must report those deaths electronically.
USP Panel Remands Revised Compounding Standards for Further Review
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Last week, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) appeals panel remanded the revised USP General Chapter standards 795 for nonsterile compounding and 797 for sterile compounding to an expert committee “for further engagement on the issues raised concerning the beyond-use date provisions.”
CHA Coronavirus Webinar Tomorrow to Focus on Employee Safety Guidance; Last Week’s Webinar Available
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To help hospitals and health systems implement the most current rules on worker safety relative to COVID-19, CHA will host a complimentary, members-only webinar March 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (PT). The webinar will focus on untangling employee safety regulations and guidance around coronavirus as community transmission of COVID-19 increases.
CDPH to Hold Stakeholder Meeting on Cardiac Catheterization Lab Services
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Center for Health Care Quality has issued an All Facilities Letter (AFL) for a stakeholder meeting April 3. The meeting will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at 1500 Capitol Ave., Training Room A, Sacramento to discuss general acute care hospital (GACH) cardiac catheterization laboratory service regulations.
