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
Deadline Extended to June 21 to Ask Congress and CMS to Fix Inadequate Payment Proposal
The deadline for members of Congress to sign a bipartisan letter asking Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to ensure next year’s Medicare inpatient payments to hospitals accurately reflect the cost of providing care has been extended to June 21.
HRSA Launches Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has launched a new Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program to recruit and retain clinicians who provide health care to children and adolescents.
Hospital Quality Institute Releases White Paper on Workplace Violence
The safety and well-being of health care workers are basic preconditions for delivering safe and effective patient care. In response to a dramatic rise in workplace violence affecting member hospitals in recent years, the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) has developed a white paper: Workplace Violence in Hospitals: Issues, Trends, Prevention, and Response.
CHA Hosts Webinar on Two Proposed Rules on Medicaid Programs
On June 15, CHA will host a members-only webinar on two proposed rules related to Medicaid programs.
CHA DataSuite Releases Three Quality Program Analyses
CHA DataSuite has issued three hospital-specific analyses related to quality programs. The analyses are for quality program measure trends, federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 Value-Based Purchasing program (first quarter 2023), and the FFY 2024 Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction program (first quarter 2023).
CMS Reminds Providers of Discharge Requirements to Post-Acute Care Providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a memo reminding providers of the regulatory requirements for hospital discharges to post-acute care providers.
CMS Modifies Critical Access Hospital 96-Hour Calculation for COVID-19 PHE Waiver Period
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a memo making a one-time adjustment to the 96-hour annual average patient length of stay for critical access hospitals (CAHs) due to the waiver of the requirement during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
CHA Comments on IPPS Proposed Rule
CHA has submitted comments on the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule.
Updates for the Week of June 5
Minimum Wage Bill Heads to Assembly; Amendments Fail to Address Cost Concerns
Last week, after multiple votes within a single day, a host of verbal concessions and future promises between legislators, and a few amendments, a bill that would raise the minimum wage for all health care workers in all settings in California to $25 an hour squeaked through the state Senate with the minimum number of votes needed.
