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What’s happening: Registration is open for the next monthly virtual forum in the Hospital Quality Institute’s (HQI) Community of Practice (CoP) on Eliminating Hospital Workplace Violence. What else to know: The forum will take place on Nov. 21 from noon to 1 p.m. (PT); it will explore two approaches hospitals are using to help prevent...
What’s happening: On Nov. 13, CHA issued an alert urging hospital leaders to ask their U.S. representative to sign on to a bipartisan letter requesting House leadership to stop the pending Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment cuts. Hospital leaders should contact their representatives to sign the bipartisan letter before the Dec. 6 deadline. What ...
What’s happening: On Nov. 5, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition (Prop) 35, making an existing tax on managed care organizations (MCO) permanent under state law — and directing most of the revenues toward expanding access to care for Medi-Cal patients through improved provider reimbursement. Now, work by the state, hospitals, and others to determine how these...
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Earlier this week, CHA joined a coalition of hospital associations in California in sending a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom seeking expedited submission of proposed reimbursement programs that require federal approval.
What’s happening: On Nov. 27, payments for the 2024 Hospital Fee Program, fee-for-service payment cycle 6, are due to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).
What else to know: DHCS mailed invoices to hospitals on Oct. 28.
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Long Beach200 S Pine AvenueLong Beach, CA 90802 December 4 is National Sock Day! Did you know socks are one of the most requested, but least donated items at shelters? Please bring a pair (or more) of new socks to the symposium, and we will donate them to a local charity for ...
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Registration is open for the January 9 Mid-Day Meet-Up.
Please share your 2025 goals and current challenges.
Registration closes Thursday, January 9 at 10 a.m. (PT).
Contact CAHHS Volunteer Services at (916) 552-7544 or email volunteers@calhospital.org with questions or additional assistance.
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun notifying skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) of new requirements to report detailed information about ownership and management. What else to know: SNFs must disclose this information on the updated Medicare Enrollment Application (CMS-855A) form attachment, for which CMS has provided additional guidance. Over the next few...
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule, in which the final CY 2025 PFS conversion factor is $32.35 — a decrease of 2.8% from CY 2024. What else to know: CMS published a fact sheet on the CY 2025 Medicare PFS that...
