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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Low Wage Index Policy Unlawful
What’s happening: CHA prevails in Kaweah Delta Health Care District, et al. v. Becerra, the legal challenge to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) low wage index policy.
What else to know: CHA has supported this litigation on behalf of its members to reverse a policy that is harmful to all California hospitals.
Final Rule Advances Interoperability, Info Sharing in Health Care
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What’s happening: The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a final rule to advance interoperability and improve information sharing among patients, providers, payers, and public health authorities. What else to know: In future rulemaking, the ASTP will finalize additional policies included in the proposed...
CMS Posts List of Measures Under Consideration for Federal Quality Programs
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted its annual list of measures under consideration (MUC) for use in quality reporting and payment programs. The list includes boarding measures on patient safety and emergency departments for hospitals. What else to know: As required by law, the MUC list will be reviewed...
CHA Issues Summaries of CY 2025 OPPS, Physician Fee Schedule Final Rules
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What’s happening: Summaries of the calendar year (CY) 2025 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and physician fee schedule final rules are available for CHA members.
What else to know: The rules are effective Jan. 1, 2025.
182 Members of Congress Sign Letter to Prevent Medicaid DSH Cuts
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What’s happening: A bipartisan letter asking House leadership to prevent upcoming Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment cuts gathered 182 signatures — including 36 from the California delegation. CHA thanks hospital leaders for their outreach on this critical issue. What else to know: Reductions in Medicaid DSH payments to states are scheduled to take effect...
CHA DataSuite CY 2025 HH Final Rule Impact Analysis Shows How Medicare FFS Payments Will Change
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare home health (HH) prospective payment system final rule analysis. What else to know: The analysis is intended to show HH providers how Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments will change from CY 2024 to CY 2025 based on the policies set...
CHA Symposium Focuses on New Approaches to Behavioral Health Care
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What’s happening: More than 250 health care professionals and hospital leaders from across California gathered in Long Beach on Dec. 4-5 for CHA’s annual Behavioral Health Symposium.
What else to know: Attendees discussed innovative ways to connect patients to community-based care and tackle stigma, updates to California’s involuntary treatment and emergency services laws, and more.
Upcoming EMSA Commission Meeting to Discuss APOT Report
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What’s happening: On Dec. 11, the Commission on Emergency Medical Services will convene in San Francisco, where it will discuss an ambulance patient offload time (APOT) report, among other topics. What else to know: The report in the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) Commission Meeting Packet includes APOT data by hospital. More details for the...
DMHC Fines Blue Cross of California for Failing Cancer Patient, Ignoring Complaints
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What’s happening: The California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has fined Blue Cross of California (Anthem Blue Cross) $500,000 after a health plan member was forced to file 17 grievances in order to obtain coverage for cancer care, including chemotherapy. What else to know: Anthem Blue Cross has acknowledged its failure to respond to...
As 2024 Winds Down, Federal Advocacy Heats Up
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As 2024 begins to come to a close, CHA’s advocacy attention will be focused on advancing priorities in Washington, D.C. We’ll be pushing to ensure federal approval for two critical state issues while also focusing on some key federal issues likely in play in the lame duck session.
