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State Budget Deal Spares Some Payment Cuts to Medi-Cal Providers, But Lacks Financial Lifeline Needed by Hospitals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2020
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COVID-19 and Medi-Cal: Guidance from Enrollment to Payment Webinar
Program originally recorded on July 1, 2020.
Recording
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Access to care has never been more essential — especially for COVID-19 patients. That’s why the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requested federal approval to provide greater flexibility to providers with Medi-Cal enrollment and payment for services during the COVID-19 crisis.
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CHA, in partnership with more than 30 state hospital associations and the Executive Speakers Bureau to host six nationally-known experts who will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and share their expertise in resiliency, healthy policy, financial, strategic planning and more. This is a complimentary, CHA members-only webinar series, June 25 – September 3. Click here to learn more.
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As part of its Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) Learning Community, the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) will host a webinar from noon to 1 p.m. (PT) on June 18 to discuss best practices in educating staff and patients/families about perinatal mental health. The webinar will feature hospital exemplars from Cedars Sinai Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center Redding. Registration is free and available here.
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CHA DataSuite has released two hospital-specific analyses. The first details the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system proposed rule. This analysis is intended to show providers how Medicare LTCH fee-for-service payments would change from FFY 2020 to FFY 2021 based on the policies set forth in the proposed rule. The analyses incorporate changes to LTCH payments mandated by Congress and implemented by CMS.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated its COVID-19 FAQ for 340B hospitals registering outpatient sites. The guidance now allows 340B hospitals to register outpatient sites and facilities before they appear on the hospital’s most recently filed Medicare cost report.
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The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is hosting two webinars specific to changes in diagnosis-related group (DRG) implementation for state fiscal year 2020-21.
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The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has released three new hospital-directed payment data sets, available via the Secure File Transfer Protocol site (the site is only intended for file transfers, and uploaded files will be deleted within 45 days).
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Last week, Cal/OSHA issued guidance for employers on which surveillance exams, required under CalOSHA standards, may be delayed to due COVID-19 risks.
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The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has announced it will delay specific checkwrites scheduled for the last two weeks of the state fiscal year (June) until the start of the next fiscal year. The two-week checkwrite hold policy has been in effect for several years.