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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Laguna Honda Hospital Granted Recertification
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Who San Francisco Department of Health San Francisco-Marin Medical Society Community health providers What Following several incidents in recent years, including two non-fatal overdoses, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revoked Laguna Honda Hospital’s (LHH) certification and gave notice that all reimbursements for Medicare would cease. LHH — the largest skilled-nursing facility on the...
San Joaquin County Planning for Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Campus
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Who San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors Health Care Services Agency Health Plan of San Joaquin What The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved a staff-proposal expenditure plan for the nationwide opioid settlement funds. The most significant element of the plan is the development of an addiction and mental health treatment campus like the...
Hear About Changes, Challenges, and Champions at HQI and Hospital Council Annual Meeting
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From workforce shortages to financial challenges, the obstacles for your hospitals are many. At the same time, patient safety must remain at the forefront. With that in mind, the theme of this year’s Hospital Quality Institute and Hospital Council annual meeting on Oct. 15-16 acknowledges three Cs that hospitals continue to experience: “Changes, Challenges, and Champions” and the uncertainty and stress in the delivery of health care that swirl around each of you every day.
Monterey Bay Area Hospital CEOs Receive Updates from CHA Staff
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Who Member hospitals California Coast Alliance for Health (CCAH) What On Aug. 3, CEOs from hospitals in the Monterey Bay area (Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties) received the latest updates from CHA staff on legislation and the managed care organization tax. After the update, the hospitals met with the new CCAH CEO Michael...
Visalia Holds In-Person Joint Section CEO Meeting
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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...
CHA, Hospital Council Staff Visit Sonoma County Hospitals
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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...
Hospital Engagement Needed on Seismic Community Partnerships
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Earlier this summer, CHA launched a statewide effort designed to bring your hospitals relief from the 2030 seismic mandate. This new approach, which begins in local communities, is focused on building community partnerships and working with those partners to increase understanding of the need to protect access to care with state legislators.
Hospital Council Hosts Meetings with East Bay Hospital Leaders and County Supervisors
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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...
Adventist Health Doesn’t Plan to Reopen Feather River Hospital, but Will Evolve Services in Paradise
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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...
Addressing the Unique Needs of the LGBTQ+ Community
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Pride Month may have recently concluded, but that doesn’t mean that the focus on providing inclusive care for the LGBTQ+ community will stop. While inequities for many groups have long existed in the health care system — it was COVID-19 that seemingly […]
