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CHA Publishes New Advocacy Materials on Priority Issues
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What’s happening: In December, CHA’s board approved three advocacy priorities for California hospitals in 2025: Insurer Accountability, Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), and Securing Hospitals. New and updated advocacy materials on these priority issues are now available on CHA’s website.
OHCA Rushing Toward Dangerous Growth Targets
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Late last month, California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) established a statewide hospital sector, an expected vote that now enables the OHCA board to impose stricter spending targets on hospitals as soon as 2026.
Registration Open for Chief of Staff Boot Camp 2025
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What’s happening: The Institute for Medical Leadership is hosting its Chief of Staff Boot Camp 2025 — geared toward medical staff leaders, chief medical offers, hospital executives, and medical staff managers — Feb. 28 to March 2 in Los Angeles. Tuition begins at $2,195, and registration is open. What else to know: The Chief of...
2025 HR Conference Offers Continuing Education Credits
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What’s happening: In partnership with the Hospital Association of Southern California, CHA will host the two-day 2025 HR Conference in Long Beach, taking place Feb. 19 from noon to 5 p.m. and Feb. 20 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. What else to know: The conference will cover topics relevant to human resource (HR) professionals,...
HCAI Webinar to Cover Seismic Grant Program for Small and Rural Hospitals
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) Office of Facility Loan Insurance is conducting a webinar on Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon (PT) to discuss a seismic grant program for small, rural, and critical access hospitals. What else to know: The webinar will cover eligibility criteria, additions to the...
CMS Announces Quality Reporting Exceptions for Hospitals Impacted by Los Angeles Fires
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is granting exceptions for certain measures in Medicare quality reporting and value-based programs to hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and post-acute providers in designated areas affected by the California Wildfires and Straight-line Winds public health emergency in Los Angeles. What else to know: If providers voluntarily report...
CDPH Issues All Facilities Letter on Public Notice for Inpatient Psychiatric, Perinatal Services Closures
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What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health’s All Facilities Letter 25-05, issued on Feb. 3, notifies general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals of the enactment of Senate Bill (SB) 1300 (Chapter 894, Statutes of 2024). What else to know: Per SB 1300, a hospital that is closing an inpatient psychiatric unit or perinatal...
California Air Resources Board Seeks Feedback on Climate Disclosure Regulations
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What’s happening: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is working to implement Senate Bill (SB) 253 (2023) and SB 261 (2023), also known as the climate disclosure bills, and seeks feedback by March 21 on several technical questions related to implementation for regulatory development. What else to know: These climate disclosure bills aim to improve...
OHCA Board Approves Creation of Hospital Sector, Paves Way for Lower Spending Targets in 2026
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What’s happening: At the Jan. 28 Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board meeting, the board voted 6-0 to create a statewide hospital sector and focused on options for imposing stricter spending targets on a limited set of “high-cost” hospitals.
Health Facilities Must Work With College Nursing Programs on Clinical Placements
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What’s happening: Effective Jan. 1, Assembly Bill (AB) 1577 (2024) added Section 12775 to the Health and Safety Code, requiring health facilities and clinics to meet with a community college or California State University that has an approved school of nursing upon the college’s request and work in good faith to meet the nursing program’s...
