Drew Roth

At a May 7 webinar exclusive to association members, staff from the Managed Care Advisory Group will provide an overview of its settlement recovery service. Attendees will hear how this service significantly streamlines the process of recovering settlement funds to which hospitals are entitled. Two upcoming settlements (one related to Discover merchants and another on acute care hospital opioids) will also be discussed during the webinar.  

On May 19 from 10 to 11 a.m. (PT), Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will host a webinar to address planning, preparedness resources, and available support in advance of a potential public safety power shutoff. Additionally, PG&E will demonstrate the data portals customers can access for important planning information. This presentation is tailored for critical...

All hospitals must submit an ambulance patient offload time (APOT) reduction protocol — required under Assembly Bill 40 (2023) — to the Emergency Medical Services Authority annually on or before June 30. In an article published last week, the California Hospital Association recommends that hospitals submit their protocols as soon as possible.  

New Hospital Council Associate Member EnlightenMed is a physician-led, multi-specialty medical group advancing new models of care for rural communities. By embedding hybrid telemedicine physicians into local care teams, EnlightenMed enables hospitals and health systems to expand access to advanced primary care management and remote patient monitoring while strengthening workforce capacity.

ShiftMed, Hospital Council’s newest business partner, leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver a workforce platform with real-time visibility into open shifts, predictive labor insights, and integrated workforce management tools that help organizations modernize operations, strengthen workforce resilience, and better control total labor spend. 

The California Hospital Association encourages hospital leaders to lend their support to one key ballot initiative and oppose two others:  

Support the Health Care Worker Right to Vote Campaign  

Oppose the Health Care Endangerment Act (compensation cap)   

Oppose the Dangerous Attack on Community Health Centers & Clinics (clinic funding)   

For more details, see last week’s CHA News article.  

The California Hospital Association has released a summary of key considerations for  freestanding emergency departments, including the current regulatory landscape and other barriers that to date have prevented adoption of this model in California.