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
Additional Participation Information Now Available on Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement
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What’s happening: With additional information available on the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) antitrust claims settlement process, hospitals will benefit from reviewing the recent BCBS antitrust settlement agreement’s potential impact with their legal counsel, including whether to remain in or opt out of the settlement.
CHA Webinar Covers New Medicare Conditions of Participation Updates
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What’s happening: CHA will host a members-only webinar on Jan. 29 from 11 a.m. to noon (PT) to discuss the new Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) updates for obstetrical and other services. Registration is open. What else to know: The requirements will be phased in over two years, with the first of the requirements in...
CMS Now Requires Annual Reporting of Hospital Respiratory Data for Certain Facility Types
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What’s happening: Effective January 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires certain facility types to report hospital respiratory data (HRD) to the National Healthcare Safety Network on an annual basis.
What else to know: All required data elements and reporting information can be found in the HRD Reporting Protocol.
Budget Work Begins to Determine Prop 35 Payments
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Following last week’s release of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $322 billion budget for 2025-26, work will now focus on ensuring allocations from a recently approved managed care organization tax are delivered in accordance with the intent of the ballot measure passed in November.
CMS Proposes Payment Updates for Medicare Advantage, Part D Plans for CY 2026
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What’s happening: On Jan. 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued advance notice of proposed capitation rate and payment updates for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plans for calendar year (CY) 2026.
What else to know: The final 2026 rate announcement is expected by April 7.
DHCS Shifts Deadline for Hospital Fee Program Payments to April 8
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What’s happening: As previously shared with member hospitals via email, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has shifted the timing of fees and payments for the Hospital Quality Assurance Fee (HQAF) program attributable to the managed care pass-through cycle for the Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024, period. What else to know: The...
HCAI Releases White Paper on Seismic Instrumentation
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) recent white paper covers how useful and beneficial it is for health care facilities to utilize seismic instrumentations, such as various sensors that measure accelerations and displacements. What else to know: The paper was developed by the Hospital Building Safety Board’s Instrumentation Committee and...
CDPH Releases Updated Return to Work Guidance for Health Care Personnel with Respiratory Viral Infections
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What’s happening: On Jan. 10, the California Department of Public Health released updated Interim Work Exclusion Guidance that details when health care personnel with COVID-19, influenza, and other acute respiratory viral infections may return to work. What else to know: The guidance, announced in an All Facilities Letter, applies regardless of whether diagnostic testing for...
CHA Web Page Shares Resources for Los Angeles Hospitals
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What’s happening: CHA has established a web page with federal and state resources to help hospitals respond to the fires in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
What else to know: The web page provides the latest information on actions at the federal and state levels, which can support hospitals' response to the fires.
HHS Proposes Updates to HIPAA Security Rule
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What’s happening: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed revisions to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule aim to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI).
What else to know: Comments on the proposed rule are due by March 7.
