The newsroom includes access to Council Connect, our twice-monthly newsletter on Hospital Council’s work. Key articles and issues of interest, along with the President’s Message, are included below.
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Minimum Wage Legislation Would Be Devastating for Health Care Access
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Sometime in the coming week, the state Senate could be voting on legislation — Senate Bill (SB) 525 — that would raise the minimum wage to $25 for all health care workers, beginning Jan. 1, 2024.
Hospital Council To Host Webinar On Energy Savings Program For PG&E Health Care Customers
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During a June 8 webinar hosted by Hospital Council, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about PG&E’s Healthcare Energy Fitness Initiative.
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Gathers for Incubate Summit
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Adventist Health North Coast Network Leadership Mendocino County representatives and stakeholders Colorado Hospital Association Colorado State University Hospital Council & CHA What Adventist Health’s North Coast Network gathered for the second quarterly meeting of its Incubate Summit to discuss full […]
Local EMS Agency Work is Yielding Good Results
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Nor-Cal EMS Hospitals within the Nor-Cal EMS region What On April 4, Hospital Council convened Nor-Cal EMS and the hospitals within the Local Emergency Services Agency (LEMSA). It is most heartening to see what collaboration yields, especially at a time […]
Contra Costa Hospital Leaders Get Medi-Cal Briefing
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Contra Costa hospital member leaders Contra Costa Health CEO Contra Costa Health Plan CEO Contra Costa Employment & Human Services Department Director What On April 11, Hospital Council convened Contra Costa County hospital leaders, the CEOs of Contra Costa Health […]
Ribbon-cutting Ceremony Held for New Rehabilitation Hospital
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who UC Davis Health Lifepoint Health Sacramento County community leaders What A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new UC Davis Health Rehabilitation Hospital took place on April 18. This facility is a joint venture between UC Davis Health and Lifepoint Health (formerly […]
Redwood Coast Discussion Includes Proposed Seismic Legislation
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Redwood Coast section hospital CEOs What Last month, the CEOs from Hospital Council’s Redwood Coast Section gathered via Zoom to discuss CHA/Hospital Council legislative priorities such as seismic, the end of the state of emergency, and wind-down of the federal […]
Addressing Challenging Discharges in Santa Clara County
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Santa Clara County hospital members County leaders Health plan leaders What Several of the hospitals in Santa Clara County have expressed concern about discharge challenges and have asked Hospital Council to bring together hospitals, health plans, and county services to […]
New Leadership for Placer, Sacramento Counties
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Health system government relations staff & community health directors Newly elected and appointed leaders in Sacramento & Placer Counties What In March, HC held meet-and-greet meetings with Sacramento County District 5 Supervisor Pat Hume and Placer County District 2 Supervisor […]
East Bay Section Holds Meeting
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Alameda, Contra Costs, and Solano hospital members What On March 16, Rebecca Rozen convened East Bay hospital leaders for the quarterly membership meeting — the first held in-person since the pandemic. The meeting started with a discussion of the financial […]
