What’s happening: In a critical period for this year’s ballot initiatives, hospitals are encouraged to join coalitions supporting CHA’s Health Care Worker Right to Vote initiative and opposing the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West’s (SEIU-UHW’s) compensation cap and clinic funding initiatives.
(more…)With Signature Gathering in Full Swing, Hospitals Encouraged to Support CHA’s Measure, Oppose Union Efforts
Leading with Honesty and Purpose on Affordability
Earlier this week, members of Congress pressed some of the nation’s top health care leaders, including Rick Pollack, President & CEO of the American Hospital Association and David Aizuss, MD, Chair of the Board of Trustees for the American Medical Association, about the role of health care providers in controlling health care costs.
(more…)Upcoming Federal Reporting Requirements for Hospital Outreach Laboratories – Participant Information
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CHA Urges Continued Collaboration, Improvements to Audit Tool in Comments on AB 40 Regulations
What’s happening: Last week, CHA submitted comments to the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the proposed Chapter 1.2 Ambulance Patient Offload Time Emergency Medical Services Authority regulations, which implement provisions of Assembly Bill 40 (2023).
(more…)CHA Alert: Action Needed on Distressed Hospital Loan Program, Hospital Mandates Bills
What’s happening: Earlier this week, CHA issued a dual alert asking members to sign on to coalition letters for its two sponsor bills: Assembly Bill (AB) 2353 (Pacheco, D-Downey), which would require an independent cost evaluation of mandates on hospitals, and AB 1923 (Soria, D-Merced), which would revive the Distressed Hospital Loan Program. For AB 2353, members should also submit a support letter highlighting previously imposed mandates that have caused the hospital to forgo needed investments.
(more…)Future of Medi-Cal Commission Advisory Group Discusses Draft Priorities
What’s happening: The Advisory Group for the Future of Medi-Cal Commission held its second meeting on March 3. The group met to review and provide feedback on draft priorities that will help shape the commission’s recommendations for the long-term direction of California’s Medicaid program.
(more…)Hospital Action Required to Retain HPSA Designation
What’s happening: Approximately 100 of California’s roughly 374 Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations are currently “Proposed for Withdrawal” on July 1. This is largely due to a federal policy shift that requires all recertifications to be conducted simultaneously, as well as resource shortages within the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI).
(more…)CHA Sounds Alarm on Psych Hospital Staffing Regulations
What’s happening: In recent comments to California’s Health and Human Services Agency, CHA urges the state to mitigate the incredible impact of the impending staff ratio regulations for California’s psychiatric hospitals, the patients they serve, and already overcrowded emergency departments.
(more…)Affordability, Drug Pricing in Focus at Key AHA Meeting
Discussions at this week’s American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board 9 meeting will delve into several timely and weighty issues for hospitals in California and nationwide.
(more…)State Consulting Contract Targets Medi-Cal Oversight, Program Integrity, and Hospital Payment Reform
What’s happening: The California Department of Finance has hired Boston Consulting Group — under a contract worth up to $20 million — to identify cost savings and operational improvements across several state programs, including oversight of Medi-Cal managed care plans, Medi-Cal fraud detection, and hospital payment policies.
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