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CHA Responds to Request for Information on Consolidation in Health Care Markets

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What’s happening: CHA submitted comments in response to the joint Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, and Federal Trade Commission request for information on consolidation in health care markets. 

What else to know: CHA’s letter highlights the value health system integration activities provide for communities served by the hospitals involved, including expanded access to care. 

Major Milestone Reached to Improve Care for Medi-Cal Patients

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Last week, the Coalition to Protect Access to Care — of which CHA is a founding member — announced that it has submitted enough signatures to qualify a key initiative for the November 2024 statewide ballot.  

Legislators to Consider Bill to Preserve Rural Health Care Services

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SACRAMENTO (April 18, 2024) — Nearly 2 million people live in California’s rural communities, while many millions more visit these areas for relaxation and exploration. Yet, the lifesaving and life-changing hospital care residents and visitors alike count on is at risk of being lost.  

CMS Issues Post-Acute Care Payment Proposed Rules

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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed payment policies for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs), and hospices for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025.  

What else to know: Comments on the proposed rules are due to CMS by 2 p.m. (PT) on May 28. 

DHCS Receives Federal Approval of the Managed Care Organization Tax

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What’s happening: On Dec. 15, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) received federal approval of the managed care organization tax reauthorized in the 2023-24 budget.   

What else to know: The MCO tax is expected to generate nearly $5 billion annually in net revenue to the state.   

Advocacy Work Ramping Up on Office of Health Care Affordability

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Over the past year, the state’s newly formed Office of Health Care Affordability has been convening and debating ways to meet the office’s legislated mission to reduce health care spending growth and ensure the delivery of high-quality, equitable care.  

CMS Announces Voluntary State Total Cost of Care Model

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a new voluntary, state total cost of care model: the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model. CMS will select up to eight states to participate in the model, which is intended to curb health care cost growth, improve population health, and advance health equity, and is built on best practices from the Maryland Total Cost of Care model, the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model, and the Vermont All-Payer ACO Model.  

Minimum Wage Bill Would Devastate Health Care in California

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Following narrow Senate passage last month, a bill that would raise the minimum wage for all health care workers in all settings in California to $21 in 2024 and $25 in 2025 is now making its way through the Assembly. The minimum wage would also increase annually by 3.5% or the Consumer Price Index, whichever is lesser.