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What’s happening: Statewide and national media coverage of the CHA lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross includes print articles, news videos, and mentions on local radio stations.
A doula delivers emotional and physical support for the birthing parent before, during, and after pregnancy and childbirth. While doulas can’t provide medical advice or care, they can and do assist and advocate for the birthing parent. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) added doula services as a covered Medi-Cal benefit on January 1, 2023....
As required annually by law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule.
Trinity Hospital is owned by Mountain Communities Healthcare District and is located in Trinity County in Northern California. It has 25 acute care beds, 26 skilled-nursing beds, an 24-hour emergency room and operating room that provides many services including general surgical procedures, endoscopies, colonoscopies, laboratory, diagnostic imaging, CT and ultrasound, mobile mammography, physical therapy, skilled […]
SACRAMENTO (April 23, 2024) — Anthem Blue Cross, one of California’s largest health insurance companies, consistently leaves thousands of its patients stranded in hospital beds long after they have been medically cleared for discharge, a violation of California law. These victims of discharge delays are forced to stay in hospitals longer, are deprived of timely post-hospital health care services, and cause backlogs for other patients who have to wait longer for hospital beds.
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Hyatt Regency Newport Beach1107 Jamboree RdNewport Beach, CA 92660, CA 92501
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which will hold selected hospitals accountable for the cost and quality of certain surgical procedures. TEAM aims to improve outcomes for Medicare patients undergoing certain high-volume surgical procedures while reducing Medicare spending.
This year, every county in California will begin operating a new option for civil courts to be involved in the treatment of people with a serious mental illness: the CARE Act. Hospitals often treat individuals with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders who are in crisis and are not stabilized in treatment – people who seem to...
This video thoroughly covers the basics of consent – it is a sound, concise resource for newer risk managers and privacy officers.
CHA DataSuite has released an on-demand educational brief on the Medicare Readmissions Reduction program. The recording provides an overview of the Readmissions Reduction program and a guide to effectively interpreting the analysis released by CHA DataSuite. This is part three of the three-part series. Additionally, the Medicare Value-Based Purchasing educational brief and the Medicare Hospital-Acquired...
