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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Registration Deadline Approaching for Cal HQ’s Hospital Quality Kickoff Event
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What’s happening: Hospital quality leaders have until March 27 to register for Cal HQ’s in-person kickoff meeting, to be held April 14 in Long Beach and April 30 in Sacramento.
Future of Medi-Cal Commission Advisory Group Discusses Draft Priorities
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What’s happening: The Advisory Group for the Future of Medi-Cal Commission held its second meeting on March 3. The group met to review and provide feedback on draft priorities that will help shape the commission’s recommendations for the long-term direction of California’s Medicaid program.
AHA Seeking Applications for Community Health Award
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What’s happening: The American Hospital Association (AHA) invites member organizations to apply for the 2027 Foster G. McGaw Prize, which honors health care organizations that demonstrate alignment between community health needs and co-designed programs.
Ahead of March 25 Meeting, CHA Presses OHCA Board to Adopt a Fair and Transparent Enforcement Process
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What’s happening: Today, CHA submitted a letter to the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board, urging it to clearly articulate in regulation additional considerations that could justify an organization exceeding the spending growth cap — like investments in patient-centered care, baseline financial conditions, payer mix, and macroeconomic trends.
With Signature Gathering in Full Swing, Hospitals Encouraged to Support CHA’s Measure, Oppose Union Efforts
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What’s happening: In a critical period for this year’s ballot initiatives, hospitals are encouraged to join coalitions supporting CHA’s Health Care Worker Right to Vote initiative and opposing the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West’s (SEIU-UHW's) compensation cap and clinic funding initiatives.
Leading with Honesty and Purpose on Affordability
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Earlier this week, members of Congress pressed some of the nation’s top health care leaders, including Rick Pollack, President & CEO of the American Hospital Association and David Aizuss, MD, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the American Medical Association, about the role of health care providers in controlling health care costs.
CHA Urges Continued Collaboration, Improvements to Audit Tool in Comments on AB 40 Regulations
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What’s happening: Last week, CHA submitted comments to the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the proposed Chapter 1.2 Ambulance Patient Offload Time Emergency Medical Services Authority regulations, which implement provisions of Assembly Bill 40 (2023).
CHA Alert: Action Needed on Distressed Hospital Loan Program, Hospital Mandates Bills
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What’s happening: Earlier this week, CHA issued a dual alert asking members to sign on to coalition letters for its two sponsor bills: Assembly Bill (AB) 2353 (Pacheco, D-Downey), which would require an independent cost evaluation of mandates on hospitals, and AB 1923 (Soria, D-Merced), which would revive the Distressed Hospital Loan Program. For AB 2353, members should also submit a support letter highlighting previously imposed mandates that have caused the hospital to...
Future of Medi-Cal Commission Advisory Group Discusses Draft Priorities
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What’s happening: The Advisory Group for the Future of Medi-Cal Commission held its second meeting on March 3. The group met to review and provide feedback on draft priorities that will help shape the commission’s recommendations for the long-term direction of California’s Medicaid program.
Hospital Action Required to Retain HPSA Designation
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What’s happening: Approximately 100 of California’s roughly 374 Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations are currently "Proposed for Withdrawal" on July 1. This is largely due to a federal policy shift that requires all recertifications to be conducted simultaneously, as well as resource shortages within the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI).
