The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has developed checklists and information sheets to assist hospitals and other licensed providers in understanding and preparing for relicensing surveys, as well as making changes to their licenses, bed capacities, or services. To ensure California hospitals have convenient access, CHA is making these resources available on its website.
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document on finalized contract year 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) policies. What else to know: The document provides guidance on how the "two-midnight" hospital admissions policies apply to MA patients when MA organizations are permitted to deny payment through post-claim...
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To help providers as they transition to the ICD-10 diagnosis and procedural coding system on Oct. 1, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week presented the attached overview, including information about benefits and structure, coding examples and suggested training strategies. For additional resources, FAQs and more information on the transition to ICD-10, visit www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/index.html?redirect=/icd10.
These resources support hospitals in navigating complex regulatory environments, and work to remain in compliance with evolving health care standards, regulations, and guidelines.
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What’s happening: CHA DataSuite has issued a hospital-specific analysis on quality program measure trends for the third quarter of 2024.
What else to know: The analysis provides hospitals a comparative review of the quality data collected over time by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and published on Care Compare.
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What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released All Facilities Letter (AFL) 25-13 on March 24 that offers guidance to hospitals on supporting the Medi-Cal doula benefit — available since January 1, 2023 — and outlines recommendations for patient visitation policies and procedures.
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What’s happening: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that hospitals and health systems can require UnitedHealth Group to notify patients if their data was stolen during the Change Healthcare cyberattack on Feb. 22. What else to know: CHA is urging the California Department of Public Health to make a similar clarification under...
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Noridian has 30 days from Jan. 8 to complete the repayment. The MAC anticipates that all repayments will be completed by Feb. 7 Summary: Recent Agency Actions Related to No Surprise Act Implementation and Independent Dispute Resolution Process Jan. 17: ONC Webinar HTI-1 Final Rule Decision Support Interventions Jan. 25: ONC Webinar HTI-1 Final Rule...
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The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) will hold a webinar on Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon (PT) on the water storage required by the 2030 seismic building standards.
Maintaining open communication during a disaster is crucial to effective response. Learn more about primary communications channels and how to ensure hospitals have what they need to coordinate response.
