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2026 Consent Law Seminar

Legal gray areas and heightened emotions can complicate decisions that often must be made under duress and may expose hospitals to significant litigation threats. And constant changes don’t help. CHA’s Consent Law Seminar will prepare you to make tough decisions with confidence. Join us as expert faculty address legal nuances, share tips for handling delicate […]

CDPH Issues New Guidance to Support Doula Access in Hospitals

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What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released All Facilities Letter (AFL) 25-13 on March 24 that offers guidance to hospitals on supporting the Medi-Cal doula benefit — available since January 1, 2023 — and outlines recommendations for patient visitation policies and procedures. 

2026 CDPH Leadership Updates and District Sessions

CDPH and CHA will once again gather virtually to discuss all things licensing – including program flexes due to potential surges, the status of re-licensing and recertification surveys, and CDPH’s plans to modify Title 22.

Participants can speak with their district office representatives in separate breakout sessions. Now is the time to gain licensing clarification and a better understanding of CDPH policies and protocols.

Go ahead and register! It’s that easy.

MedPAC to Develop Rural Hospital and Clinician Payment Workplan

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What’s happening: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is developing a rural hospital and clinician payment policy workplan for 2024–25.  

What else to know: The March MedPAC meeting included discussion to inform a future recommendation to Congress related to rural hospitals.  

Rural Health in the Spotlight at Annual CHA Symposium

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Am looking forward to joining CHA’s annual Rural Health Care Symposium — less than three weeks away — which provides a meaningful opportunity for California’s rural health leaders to connect, share, and learn from one another, key state lawmakers, and policy experts. 

Holding OHCA to Account

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Our work continues to educate state policymakers about Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) policies that risk access to vital health care services. 

Transition on OHCA Board as Hospital Spending and Measurement Workgroup Wraps for the Year

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What’s happening: Mark Ghaly, MD, MPH, has resigned as secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS). His seat on the OHCA board will transition to the newly appointed secretary, Kim Johnson, or her designee.  What else to know: Since April, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has been convening a workgroup...

Governor Releases 2018-19 State Budget

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Today Gov. Brown, in his final year as Governor, released his state budget plan, totaling $190 billion for fiscal year 2018-19. As he has in the past, the Governor emphasized fiscal prudence even though the state is projected to have a healthy one-time surplus. He noted that California continues to face uncertain times, including ramifications of the recently enacted federal tax bill, which has not yet been factored into this year’s budget. Today’s budget continues to build the state’s Rainy Day Fund and keep spending in line with revenues.

Key issues of concern CHA has identified in the budget include:

A proposal by the Department of Health Care Services to restrict federal 340B Drug Pricing Program reimbursements within the Medi-Cal program, effective July 1, 2019. As described in the budget summary, the proposal allows the state to comply with existing federal requirements, helps protect program integrity, prevents unnecessary overpayments, collects additional drug rebates, and reduces the time and resources expended to resolve drug rebate disputes related to 340B claims. CHA will learn more details about this proposal and work closely with the Department of Health Care Services and other stakeholders to mitigate impact on hospitals that participate in the 340B program.