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Individual Mandate Penalty Estimator Available From Franchise Tax Board

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Beginning this year, Californians who don’t have health insurance will be required to pay a penalty. To help consumers understand the penalty they may owe if they forgo qualifying health coverage, the Franchise Tax Board has launched an individual mandate penalty estimator, as well as a penalty fact sheet that can be shared with consumers.

CHA Issues Draft Comments on Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Proposed Rule

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CHA has issued its draft comments on the Medicaid fiscal accountability regulation proposed rule, which would revise the Medicaid program. Included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal are changes to the rules for states to finance their non-federal share of Medicaid costs and calculate their associated upper payment limit, as well as new reporting requirements.

CHA Issues Draft Comments on Health Plan Price Transparency Proposed Rule

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CHA has issued its draft comments on the proposed rule that would establish a number of new price transparency requirements for health plans. The regulation, proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) along with the departments of Labor and Treasury, is intended to build on finalized price transparency requirements for hospitals and reflect President Trump’s June 24 executive order.

Disaster Preparedness

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Updates for the Week of Jan. 13

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the following information:

ONC Releases Draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for Public Comment
OIG Issues Updated Work Plan
Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging — Approval of Using the K3 Segment for Institutional Encounters
Listening Sessions on MAC Opportunities to Enhance Provider Experience — Jan. 22 or 29

CHA Releases Issue Paper on Hospital Disaster Preparedness    

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CHA has published an issue paper titled Disaster Preparedness: A Way of Life for California Hospitals, describing federal and state requirements for hospitals and how they work every day to be ready for disasters of all kinds, including earthquakes.

CEO Message: Health Care a Focus of Newsom’s New Budget

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Last week, Gov. Newsom announced his 2020-21 state budget proposal, a $222 billion spending plan with three key priorities:

Homelessness
Health care affordability
Wildfires

The Homelessness Crisis