What’s happening: Last week, CHA submitted comments to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on the administration’s proposal to redirect Proposition (Prop) 35 (2024) funding, rather than allocating it for provider payment increases as voters intended.
A couple of weeks ago, California’s Senate and Assembly appropriations committees determined which bills should move forward and which should be held this year based on estimated costs to the state.
What’s happening: CHA has issued its draft comments in response to the federal fiscal year 2026 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule, highlighting the inadequate proposed net payment update.
SACRAMENTO (March 26, 2025) — “The Office of Health Care Affordability’s (OHCA’s) efforts to impose below-cost spending caps on hospitals —and call out 11 specific hospitals for even deeper cuts— is premature and without solid basis,” said Carmela Coyle, President & CEO of the California Hospital Association. “The decisions made by the OHCA Board will cap how much can be spent on health care for Californians — that means real pain for real people.”
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Crisis has a way of reminding us of our commonalities.
Take, for instance, Hurricane Helene. Though California is far from the storm’s devastation, its effects have rippled all the way to our coast due to the temporary closure of Baxter International’s North Carolina plant, which supplies 60% of the nation’s IV fluids. Hospitals across the country are working to ensure continued patient care despite a shortage of supplies critical to emergency care, trauma, oncology, surgery, and other lifesaving services.
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Washington state Sen. Curtis King (R-Takima) recently proposed not allowing homeless shelters, or even organizations that serve the homeless, to be located within 1,000 feet of a school. The reason apparently is to keep children from being exposed to alcohol or marijuana use (dispensaries and liquor stores are also beholden to the 1,000-feet rule).
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On July 16, the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline transitioned to 988 — an easy-to-remember three-digit number for 24/7 crisis care that allows individuals experiencing a suicide, mental health, or substance use crisis to call and chat, or text 988 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
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The Health Services Advisory Group’s Hospital Improvement Innovation Network will hold conferences over the next two months — June 25 in Pasadena and July 10 in Sacramento — focused on combating the opioid crisis.
This Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Toolkit is designed to support writing and implementing a crisis communication plan that clearly defines hospitals’ goals, objectives and actions in response to a disaster. The toolkit also provides specific guidelines and instructions for communicating during emergencies. Download the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Toolkit
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“When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no doubt in my mind that if Prime was not here, the surge would have crushed this hospital … We were able to pivot quickly — from securing massive amounts of PPE for staff and patients, to getting a federal DMAT team, to expanding ICU capacity, flexing beds, and even standing up care tents in our parking lot.”
– Dan Jones, CPPS, FACHE, CEO, St. Francis Medical Center