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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California’s Hospitals, Doctors Seek Congressional Delegation Support in Preserving Access to Care
What’s happening: In a joint letter to the California congressional delegation, CHA and the California Medical Association (CMA) asked members to support access to health care for all Californians in year-end legislation.
What else to know: Critical federal health care legislation on Medicaid, Medicare, and telehealth will be up for votes in December.
CHA DataSuite Analysis Shows How Medicare Inpatient FFS Payments May Change from FFY 2024 to FFY 2025
What’s happening: On Oct. 28, CHA DataSuite issued a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) interim final rule.
What else to know: The analysis shows hospitals how Medicare inpatient fee-for-service (FFS) payments may change from FFY 2024 to FFY 2025 based on the policies set forth in the FFY 2025 IPPS interim final rule — which includes changes from the FFY 2025 IPPS final rule correction notice.
2024 Behavioral Health Care Symposium’s Early Bird Deadline Draws Near
What’s happening: CHA’s 2024 Behavioral Health Care Symposium is coming to Long Beach on Dec. 4-5 and will bring California’s hospital leaders together to discuss innovative ways to connect patients with community-based care, among many other things. Registration is open, and early bird tuition ends Nov. 11.
What else to know: California Surgeon General Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, will deliver the opening keynote, and sessions include how to tackle stigma toward people living with substance use disorders, collaborating to help patients with complex needs, and updates to California’s involuntary treatment and emergency services laws.
CHA Releases Report to Help Hospitals Comply with New Laws
What’s happening: Hospitals can use the 2024 Report on State Legislation as they navigate the many health care-related bills the governor signed into law this session.
What else to know: The report summarizes the most significant health care bills of the year, as well as broader legislative changes that affect patients and employers.
CHA DataSuite Analysis Examines Readmission Reduction Program Performance
What’s happening: On Oct. 30, CHA DataSuite issued a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 readmission reduction program (RRP) that provides detailed performance information on the readmissions conditions currently evaluated under the Medicare hospital RRP. What else to know: The analysis also provides hospitals with an in-depth review of actual performance under […]
HCAI Releases Updated Code Application Notice on Tests, Special Inspections
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) revised the Code Application Notice (CAN) on tests and special inspections to expand the program’s scope.
What else to know: The Policy Intent Notice (PIN) 58, OSHPD Preapproved Agency (OPAA) for Tests and Special Inspections — from HCAI’s Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD) — summarizes the processes and procedures for this OPAA program, as well as generic issues related to approved agencies. On Oct. 23, PIN 58 was updated to expand the OPAA program’s scope to all disciplines (from structural only) and add clarification for fire life safety acceptance.
CHA Webinar Covers Key Developments in Behavioral Health Policy
What’s happening: A complimentary, CHA members-only webinar on Oct. 30 from 9-10 a.m. (PT) will tackle the current “state of the state” around behavioral health care policy updates and how they’re affecting care delivery and patient outcomes.
What else to know: Registration is open.
CHA 2025 Legal Update Webinar Tackles Workplace Compliance in Health Care
What’s happening: CHA is hosting a members-only webinar on Nov. 13 from 10-11 a.m. (PT) to discuss recently enacted labor and employment laws that will impact hospital workplace operations in 2025.
What else to know: Erika Frank, vice president, legal counsel, is co-hosting this webinar with Gail Blanchard-Saiger, principal with Blanchard Saiger Law. Registration is open.
OHCA Maintains Focus on Hospitals at October Board Meeting
What’s happening: At the Office of Health Care Affordability’s (OHCA) Oct. 14 board meeting in Sacramento, board members expressed interest in moving swiftly on adopting a regional hospital sector spending target, at least in Monterey County, which OHCA announced will also be the subject of an investigative hospital market competition study.
What else to know: The board welcomed its newest member and approved the state’s first primary care investment benchmark.
Getting to Know the Next Governor; CHA Board Meets with First Candidate
The 2024 presidential election is 11 days away, and while the nation is fixated on who will occupy the Oval Office come January, Californians are also buzzing about who might take over the governor’s seat when his term concludes.
