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CHA Joins State Hospital Associations to Urge Delay of Price Transparency Final Rule

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CHA — along with 33 additional state hospital associations — sent a letter on July 2 to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, urging the agencies to delay the effective date of the hospital price transparency requirements. Absent a delay, hospitals will be required to comply with the Hospital Price Transparency final rule by Jan. 1, 2021.

CHA Submits Comment Letter on Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule

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CHA has submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule. Comments on the proposed rule are due July 10 by 2 p.m. (PT) and can be submitted electronically at www.regulations.gov.

CHA Amendments to Sponsored Seismic Bill Extend Deadline to 2037

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The financial toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals has prompted CHA to work with the author of its top-priority sponsored bill on key amendments to provide immediate seismic mandate relief to hospitals. Senate Bill (SB) 758 (Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge) will be amended to extend by seven years the 2030 seismic requirement that hospitals remain fully operational after a seismic event.

CMS Updates COVID-19 Exceptions for Hospital Quality Reporting and Value-Based Payment Programs

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency extraordinary circumstance exception (ECE) for hospital quality reporting and value-based payment programs ended effective July 1. Data reporting requirements will resume for the following programs:

DHCS Extends Deadline for Hospital-Directed Contract Status File

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As previously reported in CHA News, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) last month released the fiscal year 2018-19 Phase 2 encounter data files for hospitals and health plans to begin reconciling the contract status. These encounter files will be used in the calculations for the Hospital Fee Program managed care directed payments. DHCS has announced it will extend the deadline for hospitals and health plans to submit reconciled files from July 17 to July 31.

Updates for the Week of July 6

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:

Reminder: Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Hardship Exception Applications for Eligible Hospitals are Due on Sept. 1
LTCH Provider Preview Reports Now Available
Corrected IRF Provider Preview Reports Now Available​

CEO Message: In a Long Fight, Together

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At San Quentin State Prison, about one-third of the 3,500 inmates have been diagnosed positive with COVID-19. In Los Angeles, county officials are sounding the alarm that they may run out of hospital beds in a matter of weeks. In Riverside, ICU beds are at capacity, and nurses are striking.

Statewide, California is fast becoming a national hotspot, as COVID-19 positive tests are now topping 6,000 per day. And it remains to be seen how gatherings held over the Fourth of July weekend might drive up the number of cases even further.

CMS Issues Home Health PPS Proposed Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the proposed rule for the calendar year (CY) 2021 home health prospective payment system. 

DHCS, CDA Solicit Input on Long-Term Care at Home Benefit

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The Department of Health Care (DHCS) and the California Department of Aging (CDA) have released the first draft of the Medi-Cal Long Term Care at Home benefit design for public comment, which includes an overview of key goals, target populations, model of care, financing structure, and federal authority.