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What’s happening: Following the March 2024 passage of CHA-supported Proposition 1, applications are now open for $4.4 billion in new Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) funding to support capital projects that expand the behavioral health services continuum. What else to know: Hospitals can start the application process now for the first round of grants....
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A report released earlier this week by the well-respected and nonpartisan RAND Corp. underscores an alarming fact that hospital leaders have been saying for years: The viability of hospital-based emergency care is at risk after facing epidemics, a pandemic, increased patient acuity and complexity, and unsustainable declines in payment.
Current California standards require health plans to ensure that their enrollees have timely access to medical care — such as being within 15 miles or a 30-minute drive from a hospital. Unfortunately, many people covered by Medi-Cal still face significant hurdles to access care.
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What’s happening: The Newsom administration will start taking applications for behavioral health infrastructure grants this summer; hospitals will be eligible to apply. What else to know: When voters passed Proposition 1 on the March 2024 ballot, they approved a $6.4 billion bond to finance new investments in housing and treatment for Californians experiencing mental health...
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HQI and CHPSO will host a webinar on the impact of drug shortages on patients and health care operations on Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. (PT).
California standards that ensure timely access to care for Medi-Cal enrollees will expire in less than a year.
What’s happening: Last week, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) presented at the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health, sharing its perspective on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will impact California. The LAO stressed the need for legislative oversight and possible policy action to minimize harm, and urged lawmakers to keep long-term system impacts and health equity at the forefront of their decision-making.
A dangerous and detrimental staffing ratio mandate for freestanding psychiatric hospitals that would make it harder for Californians to get treatment for mental health disorders is careening toward approval.
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The Park Fire — now California’s fourth-largest wildfire — started on July 24 and has consumed more than 425,000 acres in Tehama and Butte counties. Fortunately, there have been no injuries or deaths attributed to the blaze.
Patients deserve access to health care without unnecessary barriers from their insurance companies. Paying covered, medically necessary claims on time and in full means hospitals, doctors, and other providers can focus on their primary mission — healing those who are sick and injured. But with 94% of the commercial health insurance market controlled by just […]
