CDPH Provides Guidance for General Acute Care Hospitals
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued several new and updated All Facilities Letters (AFLs).
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CMS Announces 2023 Accountable Care Model Participation
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that more than 700,000 health care providers and organizations are participating in at least one of three accountable care models in 2023.
USDA Awards Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a total of $110 million under its Emergency Rural Health Care Grants program to improve and expand health care in rural areas, of which California received over $6 million.
New Reporting Process for Managed Care Plan Issues
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Working in partnership with CHA, the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) have developed a process for hospital case managers and others to report concerns about health plan communication and prior authorization practices.
Post-Acute Care Reimbursement Webinar — Participant Information
The 2023 Medicare rules for post-acute care reimbursement have been finalized, and CHA has the information you need. Join CHA staff members Pat Blaisdell, Chad Mulvany, and Megan Howard to get up-to-date information on the final rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), skilled nursing facility (SNF), long-term care hospital (LTCH), and home health (HH) […]
CDPH Updates Requirements for Visitors to Health Care Facilities
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After CHA and hospitals began inquiring about visitation to hospitals, on Sept. 15, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a state public health order that changes the requirements for visitors to health care facilities.
HHS Launches Pledge to Reduce Health Care Emissions
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with the White House, announced a call to action for providers and other health care stakeholders to reduce emissions across the health care sector to address climate change.
Boosters Now Mandated for Vaccinated Health Care Workers
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Throughout the world, public health officials are attempting to contain the rapid spread of the new COVID-19 variant, omicron. California is facing extraordinary levels of omicron spread — last week, California had 5,400 diagnosed cases of the variant; as of yesterday, that […]
Rebuilding Health Care Workforce Is a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
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In a recent conversation with a California hospital CEO that touched on any number of the headwinds facing hospitals in the years to come, he offered this assessment of the current state of affairs: “The world just isn’t working the way it’s supposed to.”
CDPH Provides Information on Grant Opportunities for SNF Care
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 21- 19, which provides annual notification of the availability of federal civil money penalty (CMP) funds to support projects that improve care and quality of life for skilled-nursing facility residents.