Who Member hospitals What In July, CEOs from hospitals in Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings, Mono, and Inyo counties were invited to Visalia for an in-person joint-section CEO meeting. This meeting, which had been held virtually for the past few years, covered changes in the California Department of Public Health surveys since the end of the...
Who Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa Providence St. Joseph, Petaluma Valley Hospital Providence, St. Joseph, Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare What Representatives from both Hospital Council and the California Hospital Association (CHA) visited Sonoma County member hospitals on July 24-25 to meet with executive teams, tour facilities, and hold listening sessions on hospital needs, focusing...
Who East Bay hospital leaders Members of the Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano County Boards of Supervisors What Hospital Council is hosting meetings with our hospital leaders and county supervisors throughout the East Bay, with a special emphasis on building relationships with the four new county supervisors. In the meetings, we are updating supervisors on...
Who Adventist Health What For those who lived and worked in Paradise, the wildfire that started Nov. 8, 2018, in northern Butte County forever changed things. The fire killed 86 people, injured 17, and 95% of the structures were lost, including significant damage that required Feather River Hospital to close. After much consideration, Adventist Health has...
Who Mad River Community Hospital Providence St. Joseph's - Eureka and Redwood Memorial SoHum Health Waterfront Recovery Center Humboldt County HHS Leadership CalPoly Humboldt College of the Redwoods Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria United Indian Health Services Leadership from Blue Lake Rancheria Humboldt County Law Enforcement Verily Health Solutions Hospital Council What On...
Who Member hospitals Rep. Jim Costa Academic partners from Bakersfield to Los Banos What In late June, Rep. Jim Costa hosted a nursing summit for representatives from academia, health care, elected officials’ offices, and the Board of Registered Nursing to brainstorm ideas to combat the nursing workforce shortage in the Central San Joaquin Valley. Attendees were...
Who Sacramento hospitals Skilled nursing facilities Medical and dental offices Federally qualified health centers Business associations What On June 20, the Sacramento City Council’s Law and Legislation Committee considered a proposed ordinance to institute a $25/hour minimum wage on all health care organizations within the city. Hospital Council coordinated the opposition to this move, mobilizing...
Who Santa Cruz hospital discharge planners County of Santa Cruz representatives Homeless community-based organizations Local Medi-Cal managed care plan representatives What In early June, Hospital Council coordinated a meeting with the Santa Cruz County health and human services, the county behavioral health department, the Medi-Cal managed care plan (CCAH), homeless services providers, housing advocates, and...
Who Plumas District Hospital PG&E What In recent years, there has been an alarming and steady increase in rural hospitals closing their obstetric services due to various challenges. For this trend to stop and hopefully reverse, a new alternative must be created, and thanks to a change in state law and some creative thinking, Plumas...
Who Hospital community benefits and government relations leaders in Alameda & Contra Costa Counties What In a follow-up to the community health needs assessment (CHNA) that hospitals completed in 2022, the East Bay Section has updated its one-page community benefit reports for Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The reports explain the collaborative CHNA process, share the...
