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
Hospitals Must Report Community Benefit Activities to HCAI
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What’s happening: On Jan. 31, the Office of Administrative Law approved the final adopted program regulations that standardize how hospitals must report their community benefit activities to the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). They went into effect immediately. What else to know: The approved regulations specify the information hospitals are required to...
OHCA Board Considers Proposal to Adopt Reduced Spending Targets for ‘High-Cost’ Hospitals, CHA Voices Strong Opposition
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What's happening: On Feb. 25, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board indicated general support for a formal proposal to impose reduced sector spending targets of 1.6% to 1.8% on 11 hospitals. However, a formal decision is not expected until April or May, following the conclusion of a 45-day public comment period on April...
CHA Gathering Focuses on Financial Sustainability of Critical Access Hospitals
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What’s happening: CHA convened leadership from California’s critical access hospitals (CAHs) for a strategic discussion on achieving financial sustainability. The meeting took place Feb. 20-21 in Sacramento. What else to know: CEOs and chief financial officers from private, system, and district hospitals participated in small group discussions — led by Todd Linden of Linden Consulting,...
Registration Opens for DHCS Birthing Care Pathway Webinar
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What’s happening: On March 4, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is hosting a webinar from 3-4:30 p.m. (PT) to discuss the Birthing Care Pathway, a comprehensive policy and care model roadmap to address racial and ethnic disparities throughout the journey of pregnant and postpartum Medi-Cal members — from conception through 12 months postpartum....
HQI Webinar Shares Actionable Suicide Prevention Strategies
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What’s happening: On March 13 from 10-11:30 a.m. (PT), the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) is hosting the What Leaders Should Know: Actionable Suicide Prevention Strategies webinar. What else to know: Attendees will gain practical strategies for initiating supportive conversations with those who may be struggling and learn about vital resources available to help. Registration is...
HCAI to Host Webinar on Seismic Grant Program
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What’s happening: On March 4, the Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) Seismic Compliance Unit is hosting a webinar from 10 a.m. to noon (PT) on Assembly Bill (AB) 869 (2024). The webinar will cover seismic compliance, eligibility criteria for extensions beyond the 2030 deadline, and HCAI’s activities related to AB 869 implementation....
HCAI Releases Hospital Equity Toolkit to Support AB 1204 Compliance
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) new Hospital Equity Toolkit supports hospitals’ reporting of health equity-related data, as required under Assembly Bill (AB) 1204 (2021).
Time to Speak Out Against Budget Proposals That Threaten Health Care
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As a federal debate heats up over legislation that could bring historic cuts to Medicare and Medicaid (Medi-Cal), it’s essential that California’s federal representatives hear from hospital leaders about how these cuts would devastate both access to health care and hospitals struggling to deliver vital health services.
Medicare Patient Reclassification Notices Now in Effect
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What’s happening: Effective Feb. 14, providers are required to issue a Medicare Change of Status Notice (MCSN) to eligible patients who were admitted as hospital inpatients, but the hospital subsequently reclassified them as outpatients who are receiving observation services. What else to know: This requirement only applies to patients with traditional Medicare as the primary...
HCAI Issues Advisory Guide for Building, Remodeling Acute Psychiatric Facilities
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) recently released an advisory guide for new construction of acute psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nursing units provided within general acute care hospitals, and special treatment programs within skilled-nursing facilities — and remodeling or alterations to existing structures of this kind. What else to know: The...
