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
CMS Finalizes Medicare Payments for Home Health, Dialysis Services
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules for the calendar year 2025 home health prospective payment system (PPS) and end-stage renal disease PPS. What else to know: CMS estimates a 0.5% increase in payments for home health agencies and dialysis providers treating end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients will see...
CMS Finalizes Inadequate Outpatient Payment Update, Establishes New Conditions of Participation
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its calendar year (CY) 2025 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule, including a net market basket update of 2.9%.
What else to know: CMS also establishes new health and safety standards for obstetrical services to be phased in over two years.
California Health Care Foundation Publishes Playbook for Complex Discharges
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What’s happening: The California Health Care Foundation’s new playbook shares actionable recommendations to help leadership and frontline staff effectively coordinate, collaborate, and partner on managing the discharge of patients who remain in hospitals for extended stays. What else to know: Using four vignettes of fictional patients with complex needs who are awaiting discharge, the playbook...
CMS Delays Start Date for Proposed Payment Model to Expand Kidney Transplant Access
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) anticipates it will delay the proposed Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model start date until after Jan. 1, 2025. What else to know: CMS anticipates a start date delay because it is still working to finalize the rule; the agency has not yet shared a...
CMS Guidance Clarifies Hospital Respiratory Illness Data Reporting Requirements Effective Nov. 1
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to hospitals and state surveyors that underscores the importance of following reporting requirements for new hospital respiratory illness data reporting conditions of participation (CoP). What else to know: CMS also clarifies in the guidance that psychiatric hospitals and rehabilitation hospitals will report their...
Keep an Eye on Your Inbox for Key Election Results
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Election Day is just five days away, and the outcome will have significant consequences for our nation, California, and the state’s health care system. The result of the presidential race alone could lead to significant changes in health care policy across the board.
California’s Hospitals, Doctors Seek Congressional Delegation Support in Preserving Access to Care
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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
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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...
2024 Behavioral Health Care Symposium’s Early Bird Deadline Draws Near
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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...
CHA Releases Report to Help Hospitals Comply with New Laws
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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.
