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CEO Message: Change Needed on Flawed Office of Health Care Affordability Proposal

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On Tuesday, as expected, the bill to create California’s Office of Health Care Affordability unanimously passed out of the Assembly Health Committee, with a couple legislators choosing not to vote.

The bill, which has the power to fundamentally change how health care in California is delivered, saw minimal debate — just a few brief questions from committee members — before it advanced to the next stage of the legislative process.

Supply Chain Diversity – How to Comply with New OSHPD Statutes Webinar

The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) is requiring hospitals to report on their minority, women, LGBT, and disabled-veteran business enterprise procurement efforts by July 1, 2021. This is your opportunity to get compliance advice direct from the source and tune into important program clarifications. Join us as we engage experts OSHPD to […]

Registration Open for CHA Webinar on Preparing for Potential COVID-19 Litigation

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Experts predict it isn’t a matter of if California hospitals will experience professional liability and employment claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a matter of when. To provide strategies for potential litigation that might be coming hospitals’ way, CHA will host […]

CDPH Releases Let’s Get to Immunity Campaign Toolkit

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The California Department of Public Health has launched a Let’s Get to Immunity campaign. The campaign features a toolkit designed to help communicate about ongoing COVID-19 vaccine efforts in California with ready-to-use digital resources that can be shared in the community and […]

CHA Launches Redesigned Website 

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.In case you haven’t seen it yet, CHA has modernized and redesigned its website for desktop and mobile. Designed to help members find the information they need quicker and easier, the new site reorganizes the materials CHA provides, sorting them by the […]

COVID-19: Preparing for Potential Litigation Webinar

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.According to a January 8, 2021 article on ABAJournal.com, in 2020, “Top industries facing lawsuits were health care, business services, manufacturing, retail, government and assisted living.” Specialists predict it isn’t a question of if hospitals will experience professional liability and employment claims […]

CMS Announces Temporary Claims Processing Hold Anticipating Sequester Suspension Extension

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on March 30 that it has instructed the Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) to hold all claims with dates of service on or after April 1. The hold is in anticipation of final congressional […]

CMS Recoupment of Medicare Advanced Payments Began March 30  

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Claims recoupment for providers that received a Medicare Advanced and Accelerated Payment (AAP) will begin on the one-year anniversary from the date the provider received the payment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the earliest recoupments for the first providers to receive an AAP payment began on March 30.

In accordance with the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2021, the repayment of AAP funds will occur based on the following schedule:

Updates for the Week of March 29

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates this week:​​​​ Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Checklist May 2021 Quarter 4 2020 Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Clinical Data Due May 3 Submission of Calendar Year 2020 Outpatient Web-based Measure Data Due […]

The Long Fight for Financial Relief

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Late last month, the respected health care financial analyst Kaufman Hall released its latest examination of the condition of hospitals as the nation continues to toil through the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the conclusions is something hospital leaders know all too well. From the report:

“As many push for a rapid return to ‘normal,’ hospital and health system leaders face a hard reality that there may never be a return to the old normal. The pandemic likely will have long-lasting repercussions on patient behavior, volumes, and the role of telehealth in an evolving healthcare landscape.”

Specifically, the report calls attention to several factors likely to influence hospitals’ ability to provide care in the same manner as prior to the pandemic, including: