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CMS Proposes Inadequate Inpatient Payment Update
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule falls short of what hospitals need to keep up with rising costs and health care needs. What else to know: The rule includes a net market basket update of 2.6%. As a result of...
Coronavirus Response Newsletter
Hospitals Must Post Crisis Care Guidelines on Website Effective Jan. 6, all California hospitals are required to publicly post their crisis care continuum guidelines, another facility’s guidelines, or the state’s guidelines on their website, per All Facilities Letter (AFL) 20-91. Additionally, hospitals must notify their local California Department of Public Health (CDPH) district office and their...
Coronavirus Response Newsletter
Vaccine Updates: CHA Issues Primer, CDPH to Host Hospital Calls, Statewide Advisory Committee Announced
CMS Proposes Mandatory Payment Models for Radiation Oncology, Kidney Disease Treatment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would establish two new mandatory payment models: the Radiation Oncology Model (RO model) and the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices Model (ETC model).
Senate Committee Proposes Drastic Medicaid Cuts
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On Monday, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released legislative language for its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a budget bill that would overhaul the nation’s tax structure, in large part through expansive cuts to Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California).
2022 Behavioral Health Care Symposium Resources
Location:
Riverside Convention Center, Upper Concourse, Exhibit Hall A3637 5th StreetRiverside, CA 92501
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Governor’s Revised Budget Includes Important Health Care Investments but Does Not Address Hospitals’ Inflationary Challenges
On May 13, Gov. Newsom released the May Revision with modifications to the proposed state budget he first presented in January.
CMS Issues FFY 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule.
CMS Issues CY 2022 OPPS Final Rule, Increases Price Transparency Penalties
On Nov. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services. CMS estimates that Medicare expenditures under the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) will increase by $1.3 billion based on changes in the final rule.