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.
CENTRAL VALLEY: Members representing eight hospitals gathered to discuss coordinated community benefit giving across hospitals, with this session featuring guidance from the Central Valley Community Foundation’s chief impact officer. The group is exploring ways for all hospitals to participate in a single collective impact plan, rather than hospitals acting individually. Future meetings will focus on the...
From California’s Central Valley to the far northern border of our state, rural hospitals dot the health care landscape — and few understand their significance to the broader hospital field as deeply as Hospital Council and its members.
Approximately 100 of California’s roughly 374 Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations are currently "Proposed for Withdrawal" on July 1. This is largely due to a federal policy shift that requires all recertifications to be conducted simultaneously, as well as resource shortages within the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). A list of impacted designations, along with other facilities...
Hidden potential is everywhere — but leaders must create the conditions for it to emerge.
CENTRAL VALLEY: Hospital Council participated in the second Future of Medi-Cal Commission Advisory Group meeting. Over the coming months, the group will explore a framework for the program that improves Medi-Cal members’ experience and reduces inequities, strengthens provider participation and capacity, simplifies administration, and creates clear accountability and alignment across participating entities.
On March 25 from 9-10 a.m. (PT), Hospital Council will host a webinar exploring how Houston Methodist has transformed its workforce management to build resilience, strengthen engagement, and ensure financial stability — all while maintaining high-quality patient care and safeguarding its distinctive organizational culture. This webinar is presented in partnership with Hospital Council corporate associate member Proculent.