As California hospitals continue to face strong financial headwinds — soaring inflation, the pending effects of nearly $1 trillion in nationwide federal health care cuts, increased regulatory pressures, and more — all eyes are on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where California’s submission for the next Hospital Fee Program is currently under review.
What is happening: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is requesting feedback by Dec. 5 on draft all plan letters addressing updated policies for Medi-Cal managed care plan (MCP) coverage of skilled-nursing, subacute care , and intermediate care facility services.
Recent CHA communications highlights include:
CHA communications highlights for September include:
CHA communications highlights for October include:
CHA communications highlights for August include:
In this new feature, CHA will share communications highlights — from social media and earned media to new messaging and education resources. Following are items of note for July:
We currently have a great opportunity for a professional with 1+ years’ experience in corporate communications or digital advocacy communications activities. This position will maintain and help develop web content for multiple sites within the California Hospital Association family, ensuring that content is relevant, fresh, engaging, navigable, intuitive, and well-organized. In addition, this position is responsible for producing multiple mass-marketing and communications emails and newsletters using marketing template and customer relationship management database applications.
Redundant communication refers to having multiple back-up communication modalities and is imperative in emergency preparedness planning. Past experience demonstrates that hospitals cannot depend on just one or two means for communication.
Maintaining open communication during a disaster is crucial to effective response. Learn more about primary communications channels and how to ensure hospitals have what they need to coordinate response.
