Leading Workforce Company Joins Associate Member Program
Medical Solutions, one of the nation's leading health care workforce partners, has joined Hospital Council as a corporate associate member.
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Section Updates for November 12, 2025
CENTRAL VALLEY: Hospital Council will be participating in a group convened by the Central California Public Health Consortium, which is seeking to estimate the losses facing the region under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Simultaneously, Fresno Public Health is developing estimates around Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) funding that will be lost under the bill. More updates will be shared as estimates...
Section Updates for October 22, 2025
CENTRAL VALLEY: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties are cutting services due to budget constraints. San Luis Obispo’s 2025-26 budget cuts crisis intervention services, and Santa Barbara County’s cuts clinic and specialty care clinic services for people with unsatisfactory immigration status. Hospitals in San Luis Obispo are already seeing additional pressure to compensate, as patients’ needs remain constant even if funding is no longer...
Upcoming Webinar Highlights AI’s Promise for Human Resources
On Oct. 29 from 9–10 a.m. (PT), Hospital Council members have an opportunity to explore how Lebra’s AI-powered platform helps health care leaders save time, strengthen team relationships, and foster a culture of care. Lebra seamlessly integrates with human resources information systems to support better connections with staff, board, and community members while advancing a...
Prolucent’s Workforce Blueprint Helps Leaders Identify Workforce Opportunities, Design Strategy
Prolucent has joined the Hospital Council as a Corporate Associate Member, supporting hospitals across the state in building a more sustainable, flexible, and future-ready workforce.
Section Updates for October 8, 2025
CENTRAL VALLEY: In mid-September, Hospital Council convened community benefit leaders from hospitals in Fresno, Madera, Tulare, and Kings counties to explore the potential enhanced collective impact of coordinating grant-making efforts around access to health care and food, with a focus on reducing food insecurity in the region. The group will meet again in late October...
Section Updates for September 24, 2025
CENTRAL VALLEY: Hospitals are working collaboratively with the Kern County Public Health Department to address the region’s ambulance patient offload time (APOT), which was 50:32 according to the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s (EMSA’s) latest report. To help reduce APOTs, hospitals with emergency departments are encouraged to register for EMSA’s “APOT Audit Tool” and begin conducting...
Webinar to Highlight AI’s Promise for Reducing Denials, Improving Payment Timeliness
On Oct. 22 from 1-2:30 p.m., Hospital Council members can learn about a new platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to align revenue cycle and utilization review teams, help reduce denials, speed up reimbursements, and strengthen payer collaboration — all while boosting operational efficiency and financial performance. Presented by corporate associate member Xsolis, the webinar...
Memo Examines Impact of Federal Activity on Hospitals’ Equity Reporting, Supplier Diversity Requirements
Last week, the California Hospital Association (CHA) issued a memo that outlines federal executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies; the memo also explains how these orders intersect with California laws on hospital equity and disparity reporting, as well as supplier diversity requirements.
Section Updates for September 10, 2025
CENTRAL VALLEY: In late August, Hospital Council met with Rep. Adam Gray (D-Merced) to discuss hospitals and health care in the Central Valley, including the ongoing Central Valley Health Care Landscape Analysis. Rep. Gray expressed a desire to host follow-up meetings with state health leaders focusing specifically on the Central Valley’s health needs.