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At the Hospital Quality Institute’s (HQI) annual conference earlier this week, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) was honored with the 2019 C. Duane Dauner Award,
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Several new funding opportunities are available from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA).
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CHA submitted comment letters on the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2023 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS) and FFY 2023 inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) PPS proposed rules.
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“My son had his whole life to live and he was only six. That’s all I can say.” – Alberto Romero, father of Gilroy shooting victim Stephen Romero
“I have no words to describe this pain I’m feeling…We just want Keyla to be remembered as someone that is beautiful…She really cared a lot about other people. She loved animals. She had big dreams and aspirations and her life was cut short.” – Katiuska Pimentel Vargas, aunt of 13-year-old Gilroy shooting victim Keyla Salazar
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.On May 14, Gov. Newsom presented the Legislature with revisions to the budget he proposed in January, the process referred to as the May Revise. Throughout the week leading up to the release of the revision, the governor had been presenting various proposals as part […]
Following last week’s release of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $322 billion budget for 2025-26, work will now focus on ensuring allocations from a recently approved managed care organization tax are delivered in accordance with the intent of the ballot measure passed in November.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.International Market Centers (IMC) serves as the most comprehensive gift, home décor, and furniture market in the United States. Each year, buyers and sellers from around the world gather in both Atlanta and Las Vegas for a multi-day event of networking, education, […]
Upcoming changes to Medi-Cal will have a tremendous impact on hospitals. One of those changes is related to the Behavioral Health Payment Reform. Review this education brief to better understand realignment, proposed behavioral health payment reform and the two phases of implementation.
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Today, President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package that will bring much-needed relief to a wide swath of the country including: an extension of jobless supplement programs, direct $1,400 payments to most Americans, an expansion of the child tax credit, support for restaurants, rental assistance, support for schools, and billions of dollars to state and local governments.
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Late yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the attached final rule updating the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) for calendar year 2018. CHA is extremely disappointed that CMS finalized its proposal to significantly cut Medicare payments to hospitals for drugs that are acquired under the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Specifically, CMS will pay separately payable, non pass-through drugs (other than vaccines) purchased through the 340B program at a rate of the average sales price minus 22.5 percent, rather than average sales price plus 6 percent. In a change from the proposed rule, CMS will exclude sole community hospitals in rural areas, prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals and children’s hospitals from this policy for calendar year 2018. Critical access hospitals are not subject to the OPPS, so they are not impacted by this policy.
CHA will work collaboratively with state and national hospital associations in a coordinated effort to reverse the policy. However, without additional legislative or administrative action, the policy will take effect Jan. 1, 2018, threatening access to care for our most vulnerable patients.