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CHA DataSuite Releases FFY 2025 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule Analysis
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite issued a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system final rule.
What else to know: The analysis is intended to show hospitals how Medicare fee-for-service payments would change from FFY 2024 to FFY 2025 based on the policies set forth in the final rule.
CDPH Title 22 Draft Regulations Out for Public Comment
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What’s happening: The comment period is now open for draft regulations released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on clinical laboratory, pharmaceutical, and dietetic services in general acute care hospitals.
What else to know: Comments are due to CDPH on Sept. 12.
New CMS Requirements for Reporting of Hospital Respiratory Data to NHSN
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What’s happening: Beginning on Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require acute care hospitals and critical access hospitals to electronically report information via the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) about COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). What else to know: CMS will also require hospitals to provide a weekly...
Seismic Legislation Updates Webinar – August 21
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What’s happening: CHA will host a members-only webinar to provide seismic legislation updates on Aug. 21 at 9 a.m. (PT).
What else to know: The webinar will provide the latest information on Senate Bill 1432, CHA’s sponsored seismic relief legislation, and Assembly Bill 869 as they progress through their respective appropriations committees.
Summary: FFY 2025 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Final Rule
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) final rule.
What else to know: Finalized payment rates are slightly higher than proposed, but still insufficient relative to input cost inflation.
Summaries Available: FFY 2025 Post-Acute Care Payment Final Rules
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final payment rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs), and hospices for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025. CHA has issued members-only summaries of each rule. What else to know: In general, the payment updates were slightly higher than proposed, but still inadequate...
Hospitals Are Invited to Complete CalAIM Survey
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What’s happening: The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health are asking providers to share their experiences in a survey about the implementation of Medi-Cal’s California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) waiver. What else to know: This survey is a follow-up to the initial survey conducted in the summer...
Register for Upcoming DataGen Webinar on FFY 2025 IPPS Final Rule
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What’s happening: DataGen will host a webinar on the federal fiscal year 2025 inpatient prospective payment system final rule and analysis overview.
What else to know: Registration is required.
HQI to Hold Virtual Forum on Peer Support After Workplace Violence in Hospitals
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What’s happening: Individuals leading and supporting hospital efforts to eliminate workplace violence are invited to the Aug. 29 virtual forum on hospital workplace violence at noon (PT). Registration is open. What else to know: The forum will discuss establishing hospital-based programs of peer support aimed at providing emotional first aid to staff who have been...
Private Equity Bill Would Create Barriers to Needed Investment in Health Care
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As California’s 2024 legislative session nears its conclusion on Aug. 31, a bill that would create greater oversight for private equity investments in health care continues to generate concern for hospitals seeking to ensure Californians have access to the services they need.
