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2025 Emergency Services Forum Is Fast Approaching

What’s happening: In just over two weeks, the 2025 Emergency Services Forum will take place in Newport Beach, where emergency services professionals will gather for a day of learning, discussion, and networking. Registration is open. 

What else to know: At the forum, to be held May 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., attendees can expect dynamic sessions covering the latest updates in emergency services, insights into the evolving behavioral health landscape, an interactive Q&A forum, a closing session on the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act, and more.  

CHA’s Legislative Agenda Aims to Hold Insurers Accountable 

What’s happening: Multiple bills addressing insurer accountability have been introduced in the California State Assembly during the current legislative session. On behalf of its member hospitals, CHA is supporting several bills that would improve the prior authorization process by reducing response times, clarifying reviewer qualifications, and/or reducing or eliminating prior authorization for certain services.   

What else to know: CHA is also supporting bills that would require greater plan transparency for review, approval, and appeal results.  

CMS Proposes Inadequate IPPS Update for FFY 2026

What’s happening: On April 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2026 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule — which falls short of what hospitals need to keep up with rising costs and health care needs.   

What else to know: As a result of all proposed changes, CMS estimates that hospital inpatient payments will increase by $4 billion in FFY 2026. Comments on the proposed rule are due June 10.   

Engage Now: OHCA Could Decide Hospital Sector Targets on April 22

What’s happening: At its April 22 board meeting, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board will review stakeholder feedback on staff’s recommended hospital sector spending targets and could adopt the proposal in its current, or a modified, form. CHA urges hospital representatives to submit letters in opposition by April 18 and attend the meeting, either in person or virtually, to provide public comment asking the board reject the proposed hospital sector target recommendations.  

What else to know: The board has until June 1 to adopt any new targets for the 2026 calendar year — including for a hospital sector. If no action is taken this month, a decision could come at OHCA’s May 27 board meeting. 

District Court Rejects Federal SNF Staffing Requirements

What’s happening: On April 7, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated key portions of the minimum staffing requirements for skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) mandated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  

What else to know: The court ruled that CMS’ standardized numerical minimums were inconsistent with existing federal law passed by Congress in 1987.  

Upcoming Webinar Shares Progress on HQI’s Health Equity Reporting Tool

What’s happening: The Hospital Quality Institute’s (HQI’s) fourth and final webinar on reporting hospital equity measures to the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) under Assembly Bill 1204 (2021) will take place April 23 from 10-11 a.m. (PT). 
 
What else to know: This webinar will share essential updates on HQI’s tool to aid hospitals in creating their health equity report, due to HCAI by Sept. 30, and walk attendees through the submission portal. Registration is open.  

CHA, Stakeholders Urge Quick Movement on Payment Methodology

What’s happening: At the inaugural Proposition (Prop) 35 “Protect Access to Health Care Act” Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting, held April 14, CHA and other stakeholders urged the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to move forward quickly with a payment methodology that meets two primary goals.  

What else to know: Stakeholders urged the committee to develop a payment methodology that will not only be approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (a requirement for the state to receive federal funding), but also ensure that hospitals receive 2025 and 2026 payments — totaling as much as $1.4 billion — without unnecessary delays.  

EMSA Withdraws AB 40 Emergency Regulations

What’s happening: On April 14, the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) released a withdrawal notice for its proposed Assembly Bill (AB) 40 (2023) emergency regulations.  

What else to know: EMSA stated that it would take “this opportunity to revisit and refine the proposed regulations to better reflect the needs, values, and practical realities of the communities we serve.” 

Rep. Matsui Raises Concerns About Tariffs’ Effects on Medical Supply Chains

What’s happening: Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA-7) lead a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on concerns about the effect tariffs would have on supply chains for medical supplies, generic drugs, and medical devices.  

What else to know: Twenty-six members of Congress signed on to the letter, including 11 from the California congressional delegation.