In October, Hospital Council will offer three webinars designed to educate, connect, and support health care professionals who are tackling today’s biggest challenges:
The state’s work to implement the Rural Health Care Transformation Program — a $50 billion infusion to support improved rural health care included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — has begun, and will move quickly over the coming months. By Dec. 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must approve or deny...
This year’s Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) and Hospital Council joint Annual Conference is less than three weeks away. Taking place on Sept. 28-29 in Lake Tahoe, the 2025 event will not only cover insights on federal legislative changes and state legislative and budgetary challenges, but also delve into advancing patient safety in health care’s new...
CENTRAL VALLEY: At Hospital Council's Community Benefits Meeting in early August, members from Fresno, Kings, Madera, and Tulare counties discussed ways to make real-time information available about which organizations they fund and at what amounts. The group will begin meeting every six weeks to facilitate this information sharing; Hospital Council will continue to support the...
Hospital volunteers, those who work with volunteers, and community partners looking to expand their services with volunteer programs should make plans to join the 2025 California Hospital Volunteer Leadership Conference. The 62nd annual event is hosted by California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Volunteer Services and will take place Sept. 15 and 16.
CENTRAL VALLEY: As part of the Central Valley Health Care Landscape Analysis, Hospital Council hosted a focus group in which leaders from 18 member hospitals across seven counties attended. During the meeting, members reported an increase in survey activity from California Department of Public Health (CDPH) regional offices, resulting in a sharp rise in immediate...
As the deadline for inaugural Hospital Equity Measures Report submissions under Assembly Bill (AB) 1204 (2021) approaches, the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) has officially opened its online reporting portal.
The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) and Hospital Council will host a joint 2025 Annual Conference on Sept. 28-29 in Lake Tahoe, where the focus will be on advancing patient safety in health care’s new era.
CENTRAL VALLEY: River Vista Behavioral Health Hospital is now designated as a crisis stabilization unit, which means emergency medical services providers can transport patients directly to River Vista instead of an emergency department — great news for a region that averages 500 transports to alternate destinations each month.