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On Jan. 16, CHA submitted a comment letter to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) on its proposed amendments that would clarify how sales and use tax is applied to medical items furnished by hospitals.
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Last week, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued its final All Plan Letter (APL) 19-001, specifying contractual requirements that must exist between Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) and hospitals for a hospital to be considered a network provider.
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A new report from the Department of Managed Health Care examines the degree to which providers were able to offer timely appointments in response to patients’ requests, based on provider-reported data from measurement year 2017.
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In All Facilities Letter 19-03, the California Department of Public Health outlines requirements for a federal grant available to skilled-nursing and nursing facilities.
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The affordability and accessibility of health care coverage continues to be a kitchen-table concern for Orange County residents and their families. The California legislature in 2018 took important steps to introduce transparency to the health care system and reduce what patients pay out-of-pocket for their medications. Unfortunately, a little-known Boston-based organization is making determinations right now about which Orange County lives are more valuable than others and who should have access to the medical care they need.
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We appreciate your participation as a presenter for our upcoming California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Conference. Our conference is valuable to our members, in large part, because of the efforts and contributions from our stellar presenters.
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Requirements for billing outpatient physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT) and speech language pathology (SLP) services have changed as of Jan. 1.
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The phrase “Black women, mothers, and birthing people” is used throughout this three-part series to recognize people who identify as non-binary, honor surrogates, and pay respect to those who have lost a child.
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CHA has submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its release of preliminary findings from the national beta test of standardized patient assessment data elements (SPADEs).
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Earlier this month, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) sent hospitals invoices covering fee-for-service cycle 8 of the 2017-19 Hospital Fee Program. The cycle eight invoice covers Oct. 1, 2018-Dec. 31, 2018, and was due Jan. 2. DHCS collected enough fees to pay nearly 100 percent of the modeled cycle eight Medi-Cal fee-for-service payments, and will issue payments to providers on Jan. 21.