Issue Brief: Without Legislative Reform, Access to Health Care is at Risk
Hospitals need time to meet seismic standards and be able to maintain patient care.
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Key Messages: Hospitals are Safe for Earthquakes
Hospitals should not be forced to prioritize construction over patient care.
CDPH’s Centralized Application Evolution
The Center for Health Care Quality (CHCQ) licenses and certifies over 14,000 health care facilities and agencies in California in 30 different licensure and certification categories. Keeping licensing and certification practices consistent throughout California can be challenging. The Centralized Program Flex Unit (CPFU), a division of CHCQ, has a mission to ensure standardization and consistency […]
CHA Summary: Proposed Changes for Oversight of Accrediting Organizations
What’s happening: CHA is sharing its summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule intended to strengthen oversight of accrediting organizations (AOs) such as The Joint Commission and Det Norske Veritas.
What else to know: While the proposed policies are applicable to AOs, several proposed changes will affect hospitals and health systems that rely on AO accreditation.
AHA Will Host Webinar on Hospital Price Transparency Requirements
What’s happening: The American Hospital Association (AHA) will host a members-only webinar on April 10 at noon (PT) to discuss new hospital price transparency machine-readable format requirements.
What else to know: CHA encourages AHA members to register.
AHA to Host Annual Meeting April 14-16 in Washington, D.C.
What’s happening: Hospital leaders from around the country will convene in Washington, D.C. on April 14-16 for the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Annual Membership Meeting.
What else to know: CHA encourages AHA members to register for this event.
CHA’s Rural Health Care Symposium Brings Hospital Leaders Together on Critical Issues
What’s happening: Timely educational offerings and productive discussions at CHA’s Rural Health Care Symposium on March 4-5 will help shape future organizational strategies for rural and critical access hospitals.
What else to know: With record attendance, the 71 members representing 35 rural and critical access hospitals received updates on CHA’s state and federal legislative efforts, rural seismic strategies, and Medi-Cal and state finances.
Ramping Up Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack
Following the late February ransomware attack that shut down Change Healthcare — the largest health care payment system in the country — patients, hospitals, and other providers continue to reel from the effects, even as federal and state agencies work to find solutions.
Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans Receive Private Hospital Directed Payment Funding
What’s happening: During the week of Feb. 26, Medi-Cal managed care plans received the funds related to Hospital Fee Program 7, Private Hospital Directed Payment (PHDP) Cycle 1. In January, hospitals and Medi-Cal managed care plans also received their payment schedules, which detail the amount each health plan is directed to pay and to which hospitals.
What else to know: Health plans are required to make these payments to hospitals within 30 days of receipt of the funds. Hospitals that have not yet received their PHDP funds should reach out to their health plans for a status update. Hospitals that still have not received the PHDP funding by the end of March should contact Robert Ducay, vice president, policy, at rducay@calhospital.org.
Mid-Day Meet-Up | Shared Resource Library
CAHHS established a SharePoint resource library for hospital volunteer leaders to share contact information, volunteer service descriptions, policies, procedures, vendor resources, social media websites, and any other key volunteer-related content. To help us create a more robust library, upload your files, share your weblinks and social media pages, and provide your recommended vendors complete the […]