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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.

HR Metrics Survey Begins Aug. 2

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Salarity — a provider of the Allied for Health Surveys, a California statewide data resource to help hospitals make smarter decisions — will launch its biennial HR Metrics Survey on Aug. 2. The response period runs through Sept. 10. 

As California Continues to Face Disasters, Hospitals Remain Ready

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If you were in Northern California last Thursday, there’s a good chance you felt the 6.0-magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was south of Lake Tahoe. Many of our member hospitals did as well, and within 30 minutes our RVPs had connected with 37 hospitals to get status updates; within 90 minutes, RVPs had been in touch with over 100 hospitals.

Medical Certification Needed for PG&E’s Medical Baseline Program

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In 2020, PG&E waived the requirement for medical practitioners to certify a patient’s request to enroll in its Medical Baseline Program. However, this temporary waiver allowing customers to self-certify their eligibility to enroll ended on June 30, and a signature from a qualified medical practitioner is now required.

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