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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2024 physician fee schedule final rule reduces Medicare payments to physicians by 1.23% compared to the prior year.
What else to know: The final 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor is $32.74, a decrease of $1.15, or 3.4%, from 2023.
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A bill that claims to address health care worker retention in fact jeopardizes health care jobs, treats California’s essential workers inequitably, and reduces access to care throughout the state.
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“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” – Oscar Wilde
As COVID-19’s winter surge continues to wane, as the supply of vaccinations begins to grow, and as the warmer months of spring and summer approach, state and federal leaders are under increased pressure to return to “normal” — whatever that might look like — in all facets of life: schools, businesses, restaurants, entertainment, and more.
Health care decisions should be made by clinicians, not insurance companies that profit while patients suffer.
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Despite the passage of multiple bills this year that will strengthen California hospitals’ ability to deliver care to all, a number of critical issues remain unresolved as the 2022 legislative session closed late last night.
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A comprehensive, multi-level strategy is needed to eliminate (health) disparities. Broad sectors – including healthcare providers, their patients, payors, health plan purchasers, and society at large – should be made aware of the healthcare gap between racial and ethnic groups in the United States. — Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic disparities in Health Care.
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While there is cause for some optimism related to the COVID-19 crisis — vaccines have been approved for children 5-11 and the summer surge is finally behind us — it remains a daily struggle for many of California’s hospitals to make sure they have the resources needed to deliver the care their patients deserve.
CHA, along with Brandon Castillo from Bicker, Castillo, and Fairbanks, will walk through the research that leads us toward a new concept for how to discuss the impact and benefits of passing the hospital disaster preparedness plan, commonly known as “Seismic Reform.” They will provide you with information needed to engage with legislators as we work […]
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Tomorrow is the last day for California lawmakers to introduce bills during the 2021 legislative session and — despite the persistent challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic — legislation has been piling up. Already, CHA is tracking some 300 bills and is actively engaged on many of them.
A new administration in Washington, D.C., means new and different approaches to federal health policy as well.
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A little more than a week ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would reconfigure the calculations for the Medicare area wage index.
The area wage index is essential to ensure that hospitals’ resources for patient care reflect geographic disparities in labor costs. This is a particular concern for California’s hospitals given our state’s high labor costs (as an example, California pays the highest nurse salaries in the nation).