What’s happening: On July 1, the Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) — a division of the Hospital Quality Institute — released its 2024 Annual Report, which shares analyses of patterns in diagnostic errors, recaps the year’s signal detection data, summarizes advancements in data quality among CHPSO’s growing membership, and more.
What’s happening: The agenda for CHA’s 2025 Disaster Planning Conference, taking place Sept. 9-10 in Sacramento, has been finalized. This year’s agenda highlights responses and solutions from various disasters and provides value to any disaster professional regardless of experience level.
The 2025 California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Conference, will return for a second year to the Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center in San Diego, September 15-16, 2025. As we plan ahead, your feedback to the questionnaire below will help guide attendee educational offerings and conference design. Please complete by Friday, June 20. Contact Melanie Shanley […]
What’s happening: At its June 9 meeting, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) board discussed the office’s first baseline report, which highlights that total health care expenditures grew by 8.2% (from $378 billion to $409 billion) from 2022 to 2023.
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite’s hospital-specific impact analysis of the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2026 Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) proposed rule.
What’s happening: Registration for CHA’s 2025 Disaster Planning Conference, taking place Sept. 9-10 in Sacramento, is open. Early bird pricing for both members and nonmembers expires on Aug. 7.
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite released three hospital-specific analyses intended to show how Medicare skilled-nursing facility (SNF), inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), and inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment systems (PPS) payments would change from federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 to 2026 based on policies set forth in the respective proposed rules.
What’s happening: State lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom this week reached a tentative agreement on the 2025-26 state budget, concluding weeks of negotiations.
Restore our purpose.
Refocus on what’s ahead.
Learn new things.
For three years, the pandemic response has taken our attention and resources. We can’t forget there are other disasters that need our focus. From earthquakes and floods to violence in our facilities, disaster teams have been prepared to care for our communities, yet we can’t forget about ourselves in the process.
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis of the Medicare hospital federal fiscal year (FFY) 2026 wage index and occupational mix data. It is important that hospitals review these wage data and submit disputes and/or correction requests by May 30.