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
Sterile Compounding Standards Deadline Postponed
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United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has announced that the Dec. 1 implementation deadline for USP General Chapters 795, 797, and 825 has been delayed because the stakeholder appeal processes will not be finalized by then. CHA will host a webinar Nov. 12 to assist hospitals working to comply with the standards.
Upcoming Programs Aim to Help Hospitals Comply With New Building Energy Code Requirement
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Previously exempt from Title 24, Part 6 of the state energy code, health care facilities must now comply with those regulations. To help hospitals learn how to design their facilities for compliance — as well as document and verify — the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development will sponsor a series of online forums on Nov. 6 and 7.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital Volunteer Manager Receives National Award
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Volunteer Manager Linda Van Fulpen, CAVS, has been awarded the 2019 Retail Excellence Program Award from the Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals (AHVRP), a professional member group of the American Hospital Association, for her efforts organizing and running a 10,000-square-foot thrift store to benefit Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa and its patients.
The thrift store, called the Thrift Korral, opened in 1992. It currently has three employees and more than 70 volunteers. All proceeds from the store go to the Grossmont Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary which has contributed more than $3.5 million to the hospital and Sharp HospiceCare.
CHA DataSuite Releases Second Quarter 2019 Value-Based Purchasing Impact Analysis
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CHA DataSuite has issued hospital-specific analyses showing the estimated impact of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 Medicare hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, based on publicly available data and program rules established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
CHA to Host Caring For Our Patients Who Are Homeless Summit
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CHA will host a day-long event – the Caring For Our Patients Who Are Homeless Summit – Dec. 11 at the Riverside Convention Center to help hospitals explore the complex needs of people experiencing homelessness and how they can help address those needs.
Labor Department Provides Resources on Mental Health Parity Laws
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released a series of documents designed to help stakeholders understand the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008, the 21st Century Cures Act, the SUPPORT for Patient and Communities Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The documents, which provide examples and illustrations of how the laws work, include FAQs about mental health and substance use disorder parity implementation and the 21st Century Cures Act, and an MHPAEA disclosure template and enforcement fact sheet.
CMS Finalizes Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotment Reductions
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule implementing reductions to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments, as required by the Affordable Care Act, beginning in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 through FFY 2025.
DHCS Issues Fee-For-Service Cycle 3 Supplemental Payment for 2017-19 Hospital Fee Program
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On Sept. 23, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will issue the third supplemental fee-for-service (FFS) payment related to the 2017-19 Hospital Fee Program, accounting for the approximate 10% shortfall that occurred with the FFS Cycle #3 payment in April 2018.
Public Comment Period Closes Sept. 28 for Proposed Paramedic Regulations
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The California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) is seeking public comment on new modifications to its regulations for paramedic training, scope of practice, licensing, and discipline. The comment period opened Sept. 13 and closes Sept. 28.
Deadline to Join Area Wage Index Litigation Extended to Sept. 27
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CHA has extended the deadline to join its legal effort in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ changes to its area wage index (AWI) policy to Sept. 27. CHA is coordinating and paying for the litigation as well as the necessary provider reimbursement appeal process and subsequent legal challenge to the AWI calculation changes as finalized in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ federal fiscal year 2020 inpatient prospective payment system final rule.
