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
CHA Issues Draft Comments on IPPS Proposed Rule
What’s happening: CHA has issued its draft comments in response to the federal fiscal year 2026 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule, highlighting the inadequate proposed net payment update.
Final Agenda Released for CHA 2025 Disaster Planning Conference
What’s happening: The agenda for CHA’s 2025 Disaster Planning Conference, taking place Sept. 9-10 in Sacramento, has been finalized. This year’s agenda highlights responses and solutions from various disasters and provides value to any disaster professional regardless of experience level.
EMSA Requests Public Comment on AB 40 Proposed Regulations by June 16
What’s happening: The Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) has proposed emergency regulations to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 40 (2023). According to EMSA’s notice, these will be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law on June 12.
Hospitals Urge State to Allocate Prop 35 Funding As Intended
What’s happening: Last week, CHA submitted comments to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on the administration’s proposal to redirect Proposition (Prop) 35 (2024) funding, rather than allocating it for provider payment increases as voters intended.
CDPH Issues SNF Discharge Notice Requirements
What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter 25-17, which reviews notice requirements for the transfer and discharge of skilled-nursing facility (SNF) residents.
Data Exchange Framework Feedback Due June 13
What’s happening: The Center for Data Insights and Innovation (CDII) is conducting a survey of Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants to evaluate progress and identify opportunities to further accelerate data exchange.
CDPH Shifts Influenza, RSV Surveillance to New Department
What’s happening: As of May 5, responsibility for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance will move from the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH’s) Immunization Branch to its Coronavirus Control Branch.
CHA Presses OHCA Board to Reconsider Targets at June 9 Meeting
What’s happening: Ahead of next week’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board meeting, CHA submitted comments urging the board to reevaluate both its statewide spending cap (set at 3.5% for 2026) and its “high-cost” hospital spending cap (set at 1.8% for 2026).
Heading into Midpoint of Legislative Session, a Look at Hospital Priorities
A couple of weeks ago, California’s Senate and Assembly appropriations committees determined which bills should move forward and which should be held this year based on estimated costs to the state.
There Are Ways to Make Care More Affordable, But California Isn’t Making Those Choices
A recent piece in the Orange County Register that took a deep dive into California’s grocery prices calls to mind compelling parallels with the state’s ongoing push for lower health care costs.
