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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Mad River Community Hospital Celebrates 50 Years, Addition of Three New Physicians
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Who Mad River Community Hospital What The struggles of recruiting physicians to rural health care are well documented, but in Arcata, Mad River Community Hospital is celebrating the addition of three new physicians along with its 50th anniversary and. General surgeons Dr. Bryan Freeman and Dr. Rakhee Shah, as well as orthopedist Dr. Andrew Kim,...
Stanislaus County Discussing New EMS Agency Designation Fees
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Who Hospital CouncilCalifornia Hospital AssociationStanislaus CountyMember hospital leaders What The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted earlier this year to withdraw from Mountain-Valley Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency — a Joint Powers Authority including four other counties — to create its own single-county local EMS agency to improve services, achieve greater regulatory compliance, and have...
Advisory Calls For Timely Patches to Avoid Top Cyber Risks
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Cybersecurity authorities in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and United Kingdom are advising organizations to apply timely patches and implement a centralized patch management system to reduce their risk of compromise from the most common cyber vulnerabilities exploited by malicious cyber actors in 2021.
Legislative Event an Important Opportunity for Crucial Conversations
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Earlier this week, the Hospital Council and CHA teams had the opportunity to connect with a number of members during a legislative event on the state Capitol grounds. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend — it was a rare opportunity to get members and legislators under one roof (in this case a tent) for a chance to discuss the challenges facing hospitals and hear from California’s senators and Assembly members. It’s been a long time since many of us have gathered together for an in-person event, and it couldn’t come at a more important time.
Register Now for HQI Annual Conference
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Registration is now open for the 2022 Hospital Quality Institute Annual Conference, set for Nov. 6-7 in Napa.
DHCS Releases Guidance on Medi-Cal Eligibility for New Ukraine Arrivals
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On April 29, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Information Letter (MEDIL) to provide guidance to counties on the Medi-Cal eligibility of Ukrainian nationals arriving in California. Ukrainians will enter the U.S. with a variety of immigration statuses. The MEDIL provides guidance on how to establish Medi-Cal eligibility for...
Hospital Leaders Meet with Rep. LaMalfa’s Office
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Who Northern Sierra Section hospital leadersRep. Doug LaMalfa's office What On April 12, four hospital leaders representing the Northern Sierra Section met with U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s (R, CA-1) Washington, D.C., office to provide local perspectives and impacts for when hospital issues soon present themselves in Congress. The emphasis was on the need for additional...
Meetings Resume to Discuss Contra Costa County Ambulance Patient Offload Times
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Who Contra Costa County hospitalsContra Costa County Emergency Medical ServicesContra Costa County Fire Protection DistrictHospital Council What Hospital Council has resumed regular meetings with Contra Costa County hospitals, County Emergency Medical Services, and the County Fire Protection District regarding ambulance patient offload times (APOT). At the first meeting since the pandemic, hospital leaders clearly communicated...
New CHA Tools Help Track Federal Legislation, Litigation
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CHA has released two new tools to help members track federal legislation and litigation efforts.
PSPS Webinar Recording and Resources Available
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If you missed the March webinar on PG&E’s forecasting for 2022’s public safety power shutoff (PSPS) risk and the introduction of the latest wildfire mitigation plans, it is now available as an on-demand recording. In addition to the review of PSPS event timelines and weather forecasting, PG&E provided a detailed explanation of a wildfire prevention...
