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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued advance notice of proposed changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) Part C and Part D payments for calendar year 2025.
What else to know: Comments are due to CMS by 2 p.m. (PT) on March 1.
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What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) is facilitating a Community of Practice on Eliminating Hospital Workplace Violence.
What else to know: The purpose of the community of practice is to connect individuals working on the issue of workplace violence in hospitals through a collaborative network designed for peer-to-peer learning and exchange.
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite issued a hospital-specific analysis for the quality program measure trends with an updated third quarter 2023 Care Compare data release.
What else to know: The measures updated in this release are hospital consumer assessments of health care providers and systems, safety, outcomes, readmissions, and star ratings. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adopted a sepsis measure to be evaluated under the federal fiscal year 2026 Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, which is included in this analysis.
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SACRAMENTO (February 6, 2024) — Every day, an estimated 4,500 Californians are left stranded in hospital beds long after they have been medically cleared for discharge, many of them victims of insurance companies’ bureaucratic red tape or failure to have enough care providers available to help patients recover after their hospital stay. This startling statistic is among the key findings of a recent survey of hospitals conducted by the California Hospital Association (CHA).
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What’s happening: CHA will host the 2024 Rural Health Care Symposium March 4-5 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego.
What else to know: The symposium is designed specifically for leaders of California’s rural hospitals.
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued demand letters last week to nearly 125 private hospitals seeking to recover overspent funds distributed through the Private Hospital Supplemental Fund (PHSF) program.
What else to know: DHCS wants to recover overspent funds from 2013-14 and 2020-21. The overpayments are due to DHCS by April 1.
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What’s happening: The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has issued All Plan Letter 23-027, urging health plans to reduce administrative barriers for hospitals in the Fresno County area during a surge in the demand that strained hospital capacity.
What else to know: The communication from DMHC was the result of extensive advocacy from CHA and Hospital Council — Northern & Central California leadership and staff to DMHC, seeking its support in working with plans to facilitate patient discharge and transfers.
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What’s happening: Current funding legislation supported by CHA extends the delay in the implementation of pending Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts until March 8.
What else to know: On Jan. 18, the House and Senate passed legislation, known as a continuing resolution, to fund the federal government though March 1 for certain departments, and March 8 for others.
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What’s happening: CHA has released advocacy materials — infographics, key messages, and issue briefs — for a suite of priority issues for 2024.
What else to know: Infographics offer a quick view for people in a hurry (e.g., lawmakers) while issue briefs provide a deeper dive for those who want more information (e.g., staffers). Both are ideal leave-behinds. Key messages are for use in developing talking points or presentations, or for general information.