What’s happening: On July 4, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) into law, making sweeping changes to the Medicaid program — and creating significant financial hurdles for California hospitals.
What’s happening: On June 23, the Office of Administrative Law approved the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s (EMSA’s) emergency regulations to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 40 (2023), establishing standards, protocols, and tools to improve ambulance patient offload times (APOTs) within California’s emergency medical services system.
What’s happening: On July 3, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) released a revised Chapter 6 regulation proposal, which outlines critical updates to specialty care programs — including trauma, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, stroke, and Emergency Medical Services for Children — and opens a second round of public comment.
What’s happening: CHA DataSuite’s hospital-specific analysis of financial indicators — based on the first quarter 2025 Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) data update — provides all-payer financial ratios and metrics for prospective payment system hospitals, critical access hospitals, and other specialty hospitals.
The California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) recently finalized regulations related to Ambulance Patient Offload Times (APOT). Join us to learn about the new regulations and how they affect your hospital. During this webinar, we’ll provide a comprehensive overview of the latest regulations impacting hospitals and EMS providers across California, key takeaways from APOT protocol […]
The topics covered in the Emergency Management Principles and Practices curriculum are vital for enhancing hospital planning efforts. These principles are essential for coordinating efforts among various agencies and ensuring a unified approach to crisis management.
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its calendar year (CY) 2026 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) proposed rule, which would establish an inadequate payment update of 2.4%, apply site-neutral payment to certain drug administration services, and phase out the inpatient-only list.
This presentation describes the role of an Emergency Management Coordinator and lists their primary responsibilities. The session describes the components of an Emergency Management Program (EMP) and prepares the reader to evaluate an Emergency Operations Plan utilizing the CHA EMP Checklist tool.