OHCA High-Cost Hospitals List Reassessment and Updates – Participant Information
The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is preparing to make decisions with far-reaching implications for hospitals and CHA needs you.
OHCA plans to reassess the list of “high-cost” hospitals that will be subject to dramatically reduced spending targets. OHCA’s use of revised data could result in hospitals falling off or being added to the high-cost list. This webinar will discuss what’s going on and help you prepare. Expert speakers will discuss:
- How OHCA’s methodology for measuring hospital spending is evolving and why it is important.
- How OHCA plans to promulgate regulations defining the enforcement process this summer and fall, including what may count as a justifiable reason for exceeding the spending targets.
This is an essential opportunity to get up to speed on key developments and join CHA in advocating before OHCA. We need a strong, unified voice to be successful.
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“California hospitals will be facing severe funding losses.”
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“OHCA’s actions threaten the viability of the entire health care delivery system.”
These quotes from CHA’s latest legal filing in our lawsuit against the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) underscore what’s at stake for hospitals across California.
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