Improving the Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act: What Does the Future Hold Post-Pandemic?
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Urge Assembly Insurance Committee to Vote ‘No’ on Workers’ Compensation Presumption Bill
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OHCA Board Picking Up Pace, Without Deeper Examination
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The California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) continues to press forward with analyses, investigations, and policies that do not take into full account the impact of their proposals on patient care. Given that, it’s vital that hospitals make certain that the effect on patients and communities is not lost from the conversation.
Minimum Wage Bill Heads to Assembly; Amendments Fail to Address Cost Concerns
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Last week, after multiple votes within a single day, a host of verbal concessions and future promises between legislators, and a few amendments, a bill that would raise the minimum wage for all health care workers in all settings in California to $25 an hour squeaked through the state Senate with the minimum number of votes needed.
CHA Comments on IPPS Proposed Rule
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Sweeping Minimum Wage Bill Would Decimate Health Care in California
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On Tuesday, dozens of supporters of a bill that would raise the minimum wage for all health care workers in California to $25 an hour, starting Jan. 1, 2024, descended on Sacramento. Their message: This bill is needed to address staffing shortages in hospitals and other health care settings.
Make No Mistake: Hospitals Are a Long Way From ‘Fine’
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Last week, the independent agency that advises Congress on Medicare rates delivered its March report, which describes hospital profit margins that hit all-time highs in 2021 and calls attention to the $200 billion in taxpayer subsidies that provided hospitals with a cushion to get through the worst of the pandemic.
CMS Issues 2023 Skilled-Nursing Facility PPS Final Rule
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CMS Issues Post-Acute Care Payment Proposed Rules
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Hospitals Lead on Behavioral Health Care
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Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak at CHA’s Annual Behavioral Health Care Symposium, joined by hundreds of clinical professionals, representatives from government organizations, and hospital leaders.