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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Governor Signs COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Bill
On March 19, Gov. Newsom signed Senate Bill 95, the COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave bill. As a budget trailer bill, it goes into effect immediately, but employers have until March 29 to come into compliance.
Updates for the Week of March 15
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:
SNF Quality Reporting Program: Achieving a Full APU Webinar: March 30
Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period Ends March 25
Pre-recorded Presentation: Preview Period: Performance Information for Doctors and Clinicians
Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period User Guide
DHCS Releases Hospital Fee Program Directed Payment Encounter Data Files
On March 12, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) uploaded three new hospital-directed encounter files, available via the secure file transfer protocol site (the site is only intended for file transfers, and uploaded files will be deleted within 45 days).
Messaging Available on Price Transparency
As hospitals work to implement the new federal rule on price transparency, CHA is providing these key messages for your use or customization when talking with policymakers, the media, or the public about this issue. AHA also has several useful resources.
Behavioral Health Grants Available for Health Care Workers Affected by COVID-19 Crisis
Front-line health care workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic can apply for copayment assistance for behavioral health treatments through a new fund from the HealthWell Foundation.
Hospital Supplier Diversity Reports Due July 1; OSHPD Guidance Still in Development
Hospitals with operating expenses of $50 million of more, and licensed hospitals with operating expenses of $25 million or more that are part of a hospital system, are required to submit an annual report to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) on their minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement efforts (Health and Safety Code Section 1339.85-1339.87). The first report is due July 1.
CEO Message: 2021 Legislative Landscape Demands Focus, Engagement, and Some Compromise
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.
For hospitals, the past year of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most frenetic, intense periods in health care in memory.
For other sectors – restaurants, tourism, and more – things slowed to a snail’s pace. This is also true of government, where state and federal legislators in 2020 processed a limited number of bills as they focused on the crisis and their communities.
CMS to Host Webinar on SNF Quality Reporting Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a webinar on March 30 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) on the skilled-nursing facility (SNF) annual payment update.
CDPH Issues Updated Guidance on Dialysis in SNFs
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-66.1, which provides notification of updated guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the provision of home dialysis services in skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) to SNF residents through a collaborative arrangement between the SNF and a qualified dialysis facility.
CHA DataSuite Releases Hospital-Specific Analyses and Report
CHA DataSuite has released hospital-specific analyses of the Value-Based Purchasing Program and Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Pogram, and the Medicare Quality Programs Overview Report.
