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CEO Message: Our Community, Our Duty

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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.  

Every so often (it seems incredibly frequent these past few years), something happens that shakes every good person’s sense of moral justice. In May 2020, it was the killing, on camera, of an unarmed black man who pleaded — for eight minutes and 46 seconds — with the officer whose knee was pressed into his neck, for breath … for his mother … for his life. 

CMS Approves Hospital Fee Program Managed Care Rates

On Monday, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) shared four approval letters, dated May 18 and May 26, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The approved rates include  only the Hospital Fee Program for Jan. 1-June 30, 2017. DHCS is still waiting on CMS’ approval of rates for state fiscal years 2017-18 and  2018-19.

Urge Assemblymembers to Modify Seismic Mandate, Reject AG Authority Over Hospital Transactions

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Action needed:

WRITE and CALL your assemblymember this week, asking them to support Senate Bill (SB) 758 (Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge) related to the 2030 seismic mandate and oppose SB 977 (Monning, D-Carmel) giving the Attorney General unprecedented oversight over hospital transactions. The time is now for hospitals to ensure their voices are heard on these two critically important bills. CHA has developed template letters and background documents about both bills for your use (see below). Please send your letter to Dawn Vicari at dvicari@calhospital.org.

Timing:

Call your assemblymember and send your letter by August 24. ​​Contact information for California assemblymembers is here.​

Background and Core Messaging for Both Bills: 

When COVID-19 hit, hospitals and health systems throughout the state responded quickly — converting physical space, suspending many procedures and services, purchasing personal protective equipment for employees and staff, hiring additional staff, and more. The fight against COVID-19 continues today. This unprecedented response has come at a high cost for all of California’s hospitals. A national, independent consulting firm with extensive health care finance expertise has found that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to lead to long-term changes to financial stability and care delivery for California hospitals. Lawmakers must recognize that:

California’s communities have benefitted from health care systems during this public health crisis. As they do in many types of emergencies, they have leveraged economies of scale to ensure key supply (PPE, medical equipment)  and staffing needs are met throughout the state — wherever they are most needed — and all communities have a hospital to turn to.
Hospitals’ scarce resources should now be focused on preparedness and key services, not long-term infrastructure requirements like the 2030 seismic safety mandate or limitations on access-increasing and cost-lowering partnerships among health care providers.
COVID-19 has taught invaluable lessons about the need for a strategic, holistic, and efficient approach to disaster readiness and the strength of the health care system – an approach that must be based on flexibility and interconnectedness, not one-off measures that fail to consider unintended consequences.

2020 California Hospital Compliance Manual Intranet PDF Download

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CMS Finalizes Medicare Advantage and Part D Policies for Contract Year 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule updating Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D programs for contract year 2021. In addition to policy changes, the final rule codifies longstanding policies on the MA and Part D programs that have been previously adopted through sub-regulatory guidance, such as the annual Call Letter and other guidance documents.

HHS Extends Deadline Related to COVID-19 Funding by 45 Days

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a 45-day deadline extension for providers who are receiving payments from the Provider Relief Fund (CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act) to accept the terms and conditions.