The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality rule. The rule finalizes significant changes and clarifications regarding managed care delivery and finance. Join CHA’s Chad Mulvany, Ben McGowan, and Amber Ott as they provide key highlights of finalized policies, including: Hold […]
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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality rule.
What else to know: The rule finalizes significant changes and clarifications regarding managed care delivery and finance.
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What’s happening: CHA’s Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) will hold a virtual forum on Hospital Workplace Violence: Security Personnel and the Continuum of Force on April 18 from noon to 1 p.m. (PT).
What else to know: The forum will discuss the pros and cons of various methods used by hospital security officers when responding to escalating levels of threats within a hospital facility, including the use of stun guns. Registration is open.
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What’s happening: Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) will face sanctions from the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for failing to meet quality performance standards.
What else to know: DHCS has issued All Plan Letter (APL) 23-012, which updates and clarifies the policy on the imposition of administrative and monetary sanctions to plans that fail to meet minimum performance for required quality performance measures.
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This year’s California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Conference features a deep dive into the “Everyone Ready” volunteer management training program. Three sessions held over the two-day conference will address:
Gaining the executive support necessary to maximize your volunteers’ contributions
Building a solid foundation for volunteer participation, as well as the basics behind volunteer management
Demonstrating your volunteers’ impact on their organization and using that demonstrated value to influence a wide range of stakeholders
The conference will be held Feb. 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento. To register, visit the conference website.
What’s happening: This year’s Emergency Services Forum is happening in Newport Beach on May 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (PT). Attendees can expect dynamic sessions covering industry topics, insights into the evolving behavioral health landscape, an interactive Q&A forum, and more. Registration is open, and early bird pricing ends April 8.
What else to know: The forum kicks off with a keynote address by Liz Basnett, director of the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), who will provide transparency on EMSA’s requirements, as well as share efforts to modernize and update regulations to meet emergency services’ increasing needs.
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On June 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the Medi-Cal managed care rates for state fiscal year (SFY) 2018-19.
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Earlier this month, CHA shared feedback with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on its Draft Population Health Management (PHM) Strategy and Roadmap 2022.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance for managing staff with COVID-19 infection or exposure to decrease the time that health care workers must isolate after infection/exposure. CDC has similarly updated its strategies to mitigate health care […]
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The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will host a webinar on Feb. 15 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. (PT) to share how the agency will leverage the managed care plan request for proposal (RFP) and managed care contracts to further DHCS’ goal of enhancing how care is delivered to Medi-Cal members.