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Active Shooter

Find resources that can help hospitals and other healthcare facilities plan for active shooter incidents, including checklists, plans, guidelines, educational videos, and other materials

Holding Insurers Accountable

Patients deserve access to health care without unnecessary barriers from their insurance companies. Paying covered, medically necessary claims on time and in full means hospitals, doctors, and other providers can focus on their primary mission — healing those who are sick and injured. But with 94% of the commercial health insurance market controlled by just […]

Resources

Californians should be able to count on their insurance companies to cover medically necessary, appropriate health care services without delays or improper denials. Yet too many patients are facing a grave and growing threat to their ability to access critical health care services due to the harmful business practices of insurers that focus on their […]

Litigation

The lawsuit alleges that Anthem fails to meet its legal obligations to arrange for timely access to care for its members as required under California law. Anthem is also accused of not responding in a timely manner — or at all — “to requests for authorization” for post-acute care for its members.

Annual Reports on Legislation

Electronic copies of CHA Publications are available free to CHA members. CHA members may download each PDF for their individual use and/or post it to an Intranet or shared workstation environment.

Securing Hospitals

Vulnerable Californians who rely on the care provided by California hospitals are at risk. Driven by skyrocketing costs for labor, pharmaceuticals, regulatory mandates, and more, 44% of all hospitals statewide lose money every day to deliver patient care. That isn’t sustainable. And California is already seeing the frightening result: rural health care services being cut […]

Hospital Emergency Planning Topics

Hospitals must have strategies in place to ensure the continuity of their operations, minimize disruptions, and manage increased patient loads in crisis situations. Hospital preparedness strengthens resilience and improves outcomes for both patients and the health care system. To support hospitals in their planning and response to disaster events, this collection of resources is organized […]