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CDPH Seeks Input on Reporting Unusual Occurrences
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What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Center for Health Care Quality (CHCQ) is seeking public comment from long-term care facilities, including skilled-nursing facilities, on regulations for reporting unusual occurrences. For more information, refer to All Facilities Letter 25-11. What else to know: CHCQ seeks input on several topics, including definitions, reporting processes, and...
March 12 Webinar Will Detail New HQI Program to Support Mandatory Health Equity Reporting
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What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) has released a new reporting service, as part of its Hospital Quality Improvement Platform (HQIP), that includes 95% of the information hospitals are required to report by Sept. 30. What else to know: More information about the requirements — created under Assembly Bill 1204 (Statutes of 2021) —...
2025 HR Conference Wraps, Planning for 2026 Begins
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What’s happening: On Feb. 19-20, more than 100 human resources (HR) professionals gathered in Long Beach for the 2025 HR Conference — where experts offered sage advice, answered questions, and provided best practices on recruitment and retention, artificial intelligence (AI), and more. What else to know: Co-hosted by CHA and the Hospital Association of Southern...
CMS Publishes Progress Report on Review Choice Demonstration for Inpatient Rehabilitation Services, Shares ‘Helpful Hints’
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted to its website a report on the ongoing Review Choice Demonstration for Inpatient Rehabilitation Services (IRF RCD) — a program currently in Alabama and Pennsylvania that will expand to California in the future, though a specific time frame has not yet been established. ...
CDPH Issues Guidance on Skilled-Nursing Facility Reporting for Resident Payer Source
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What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 25-10, which implements new requirements for skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) and strengthens the prohibition against facility discrimination based on a resident’s payment source, as enacted in Senate Bill 1354.
New CDPH All Facilities Letters Provide Additional Guidance for General Acute Care, Psychiatric Hospitals
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What’s happening: On Feb. 24, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released four new All Facilities Letters (AFLs) on laws that became effective Jan. 1. These AFLs affect general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals, and other health care facilities.
What else to know: For more information, visit the CDPH’s web page https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/LNCAFL25.aspx.
DHCS Shares Flexibilities for Hospitals in Light of Los Angeles Fires
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What’s happening: On Feb. 4, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that removed certain barriers to expedite relief for survivors of the Los Angeles fires. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has also extended audit-related administrative flexibilities due to the fire and has shared with CHA highlights of these flexibilities that may affect...
OHCA Faces Tough Questions from Lawmakers, Hospitals
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What’s happening: In a March 3 hearing, members of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health pressed Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) leadership to answer questions on the impact its statewide and hospital-sector targets will have on patient care. What else to know: During the hearing’s public comment portion, nearly 20 hospitals and health care...
Court Agrees with Key CHA Arguments in Anthem Lawsuit But Will Not Hear Rest of Case
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What’s happening: A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has ruled on CHA’s lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross, finding that it is the responsibility of health plans to arrange for and transition to post-acute care services for their members.
State Legislative Landscape Starts to Come Into Focus
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A little more than two weeks ago, the deadline passed for California lawmakers to introduce bills for this year’s legislative session. In all, some 2,350 bills are in play this year — a number in line with historical trends.
