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At its Jan. 31 meeting, HASC’s Board reiterated the importance of
achieving 100 percent participation in the association’s
California Hospital Association Political Action Committee
(CHPAC) fundraising goal, given the ACA’s uncertain future. CHPAC
exists to support candidates who understand the vital role the
state’s hospitals play as part of the health care system and the
positive impact they have on the economy. With your donations,
CHPAC works to elect, educate and build relationships with
policymakers who care about the continued viability of California
hospitals.
The CHA-affiliated Health Workforce Initiative (HWI) just
announced the release of new soft skills training curriculum
designed specifically for health care workers. Soft skills are
defined as personal attributes that enable someone to interact
effectively and harmoniously with other people.
The next Hospital Disaster Management Training (HDMT) sessions
will take place Tuesday, March 7 and Wednesday, March 8 at
LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Additional sessions are set for May 2-3, Oct. 3-4, and Dec. 5-6.
As of last week, at least a dozen spots remained for the March
sessions.
HASC’s Human Resources Services’ State of the Union Web Seminar
on Thursday, Feb. 23 will provide the latest on trends and legal
developments related to organized labor. The session is designed
for hospital and system executives, chief human resource
officers, chief nursing officers and other HR specialists and
staff.
Following its June 2016 launch, HASC’s Medi-Cal Managed Care Task
Force completed a survey of statewide issues impacting the
Medi-Cal payment model. At its Tuesday, Jan. 31 meeting, the HASC
Board of Directors will summarize the group’s findings along with
a plan to extend its work through the current year in light of
the new administration in Washington, D.C. and anticipated
changes in health care policy by Congress.
Tarek Salaway is Chief Executive at Mission Hospital, overseeing
its campuses at Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach, both part of the
St. Joseph Hoag Health Network. Salaway has been with
Mission since 2015, and has served previously in executive
leadership positions at Keck Medical Center of USC, Stanford
Health Care and Providence Health & Services.
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services will present a
no-cost Healthcare Continuity & Recovery workshop and tabletop
exercise on Thursday, Feb. 2. The session is focused on
cyber-attack preparedness.
The workshop also addresses the Hospital Preparedness Program
(HPP) requirement in the 2016 Statement of Work, which requires
program grant recipients to evaluate at least one business
continuity planning (BCP) methodology via a stand-alone exercise
or incorporated into the annual Statewide Medical and Health
Exercise.
Please register now for the Annual HASC conference taking place
at the Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara April 5-7.
Click here to register. Keynote speaker Jeff Goldsmith, and
health care futurist, will challenge assumptions about moving
towards a shared-risk model and payment reform. He’ll take a look
at changed economic realities evolving from the new
administration in Washington, D.C. and offer a view of the future
of health care.
HASC’s Human Resources Services staff are busy preparing Feb.
23’s State of the Union Web Seminar along with a spring
session LEAD Academy, which launches Jan. 27.
As a service to HASC members, Apprise Health Insights will offer
an accounts payable (AP) webinar from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday,
Jan. 30. Kurt Wachtendorf, a national AP consulting manager for
Commerce Bank, is scheduled to host the event.
As a service to members, HASC will host a complimentary webinar
on the Health Benefits and Wellness Program (HBWP) from noon to 1
p.m. on Wednesday, Feb 1. Paul Celuch, chief human resources
officer for Avanti Hospitals, is the speaker.
HASC has named Keven Porter, RN, regional vice president for the
Inland Region (San Bernardino and Riverside counties). Porter has
broad experience as a nursing supervisor and administrator. He
most recently served as emergency department director at
Riverside University Health System – Medical Center, and before
that held a similar position for Kaiser Permanente in San
Diego.
Early bird rates offering a substantial discount for 2017 HASC
Annual Meeting registration are available through Monday,
Feb. 6. The discounted rate is $795 for the three-day event.
After Feb. 6, registration will be available for $895 per member
attendee.
The associate member rate is $995 per attendee.
This year’s Annual Meeting unfolds April 5-7 at Bacara
Resort & Spa just north of Santa Barbara.
HASC has named Keven Porter, RN regional vice president for the
Inland Region (San Bernardino and Riverside counties). Porter has
broad experience as a nursing supervisor and administrator. He
most recently served as emergency department director at
Riverside University Health System – Medical Center, and before
that held a similar position for Kaiser Permanente in San
Diego.
Porter will begin Tuesday, Jan. 31. As of that date, he can be
contacted at (951) 222-2284 and kporter@hasc.org.
The association welcomes Michael Wall, the new president and CEO
at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster (Los Angeles County), a
member hospital.
Wall recently served as executive director of Head and Neck
Associates of Orange County in Mission Viejo. Before that he
served as acting president and CEO at Providence Saint
John’s Health Center and its John Wayne Cancer Institute, and
as president and CEO at Northridge Hospital
Medical Center from 2000–2012.
In planning the HASC Annual Meeting each year, the association
looks to members to share innovative ideas and models for
conference breakout sessions. According to members, the most
meaningful education comes from this type of peer-to-peer
learning. Members are invited to submit applications to
present their hospital’s innovative projects at the 2017
event.
Christiane Becker has been named HASC’s new workforce
development program manager. She previously worked with the
San Diego Workforce Partnership, an organization that funds job
training programs that empower job seekers to meet the current
and future workforce needs of employers.
On Thursday, Feb. 23, HASC’s State of the Union:
Organized Labor Review Web Seminar will provide the
latest on trends and legal developments related to organized
labor. The session is designed for hospital and system
executives, chief human resource officers, chief nursing officers
and other HR specialists and staff.
The session runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and will cover the
following topics:
HASC’s downtown Los Angeles offices, along with its regional
offices, will be closed from close of business on Thursday, Dec.
22 through Tuesday morning on Jan. 3. Many staff will be
checking email through the period. Happy holidays to all.
With this issue of HASC Briefs, the association discontinues
a separately-produced version in pdf format. Those wishing
to print a version for later reading will find almost
all article text and photos in the emailed version. To view
photos with captions, please click on article links.
More than 450 attendees and 50 sponsors built an endowment
totaling more than $750,000 at the Dec. 14 Jim Barber Tribute
Dinner, which for years to come will underwrite the Jim Barber
Administrative Fellowship Program.
More than two dozen HASC staffers received important experiential
learning by attending an urban hospital tour at California
Hospital Medical Center. The Dec. 5 visit began with a welcome
and orientation led by hospital President Margaret R. Peterson,
PhD.
Although only two miles from the association’s offices, the
hospital is a world away with its Level II trauma center and ED,
which see the second-highest rate of penetrating wounds
(most gunshot or knife inflicted) of facilities in Los Angeles
County.
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