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2024 Behavioral Health Care Symposium’s Early Bird Deadline Draws Near

What’s happening: CHA’s 2024 Behavioral Health Care Symposium is coming to Long Beach on Dec. 4-5 and will bring California’s hospital leaders together to discuss innovative ways to connect patients with community-based care, among many other things. Registration is open, and early bird tuition ends Nov. 11.    What else to know: California Surgeon General Diana...

CHA Releases Report to Help Hospitals Comply with New Laws

What’s happening: Hospitals can use the 2024 Report on State Legislation as they navigate the many health care-related bills the governor signed into law this session.   What else to know: The report summarizes the most significant health care bills of the year, as well as broader legislative changes that affect patients and employers.  

CHA DataSuite Analysis Examines Readmission Reduction Program Performance

What’s happening: On Oct. 30, CHA DataSuite issued a hospital-specific analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 readmission reduction program (RRP) that provides detailed performance information on the readmissions conditions currently evaluated under the Medicare hospital RRP.  What else to know: The analysis also provides hospitals with an in-depth review of actual performance under...

HCAI Releases Updated Code Application Notice on Tests, Special Inspections

What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) revised the Code Application Notice (CAN) on tests and special inspections to expand the program’s scope.  What else to know: The Policy Intent Notice (PIN) 58, OSHPD Preapproved Agency (OPAA) for Tests and Special Inspections — from HCAI’s Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and...

CHA Webinar Covers Key Developments in Behavioral Health Policy

What’s happening: A complimentary, CHA members-only webinar on Oct. 30 from 9-10 a.m. (PT) will tackle the current “state of the state” around behavioral health care policy updates and how they’re affecting care delivery and patient outcomes.  What else to know: Registration is open. 

CHA 2025 Legal Update Webinar Tackles Workplace Compliance in Health Care

What’s happening: CHA is hosting a members-only webinar on Nov. 13 from 10-11 a.m. (PT) to discuss recently enacted labor and employment laws that will impact hospital workplace operations in 2025.  What else to know: Erika Frank, vice president, legal counsel, is co-hosting this webinar with Gail Blanchard-Saiger, principal with Blanchard Saiger Law. Registration is...

OHCA Maintains Focus on Hospitals at October Board Meeting

What’s happening: At the Office of Health Care Affordability’s (OHCA) Oct. 14 board meeting in Sacramento, board members expressed interest in moving swiftly on adopting a regional hospital sector spending target, at least in Monterey County, which OHCA announced will also be the subject of an investigative hospital market competition study.   What else to know: The board...