HASC Briefs summarizes news and events impacting the
association’s members. Get the latest on key policy issues, legal
developments, business opportunities, HASC Board actions,
educational programs and other association activities.
Slide presentations from the 2017 HASC Annual Meeting are posted
to the HASC website. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs, three
organizations confirm membership and a survey shows physician
wait times up 30 percent across the U.S.
HASC’s Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) initiative, which
launches on June 16, brings together multiple organizations to
tackle health disparities in underserved communities. Also in
this issue of HASC Briefs, just days remain until the 2017 Annual
Meeting in Santa Barbara and CHA’s California Congressional
Action Program runs May 7-10 in Washington, D.C.
Player space is available for the HASC Annual Meeting golf
tournament at Sandpiper Golf Club on Wednesday, April 5. Also in
this edition of HASC Briefs, the association welcomes chief
executive Walt Dannenberg to the VA Long Beach
Healthcare System, and HASC staffer Shauna Day moves to a new
role at the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California.
Executives got an insider’s view from Paul Coleman of the state’s
OSHPD agency at the Feb. 15 HASC Hospital Operations Committee
meeting. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, Tenet Healthcare
renews its association membership and thanks go out to sponsors
of April’s HASC Annual Meeting.
Breakout speakers at April’s Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara will
focus on person-centered care and improved efficiencies in
hospital operations. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs, the
association urges a “yes” vote on Los Angeles County Measure H
and a “no” vote on Los Angeles city Measure S in the Tuesday,
March 7 local election.
In light of looming ACA repeal or modification, the association
announces plans to reconvene its Med-Cal Managed Care Task Force.
Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, the association welcomes chief
executive Tarek Salaway to Mission Hospital.
Keven Porter is HASC’s Inland Region representative and
advocate. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs, the association
welcomes Michael Wall as president and CEO at Antelope
Valley Hospital in Lancaster (Los Angeles County) and member
presentations are sought for April’s Annual Meeting in Santa
Barbara.
Sponsors and attendees raised more than $750,000 for the Jim
Barber Administrative Fellowship Program at Dec. 14’s Jim Barber
Tribute Dinner. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, the
association welcomes CEO Matt Blevins to Barstow Community
Hospital and new associate members Chamberlain Group and Veralon.
Participants in Nov. 14’s HASC Charity Golf Classic raised close
to $40,000 for National Health Foundation projects. Also in this
edition of HASC Briefs, the association’s Los Angeles Hospital
Leadership Group recognizes retiring county supervisor Don Knabe,
and some distance remains to attain CHPAC fundraising goals
for 2016.
Jim Barber Tribute Dinner sponsors have pledged more than
$650,000 to the HASC/NHF Administrative Fellowship Program
Fund to date. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, members thank
state Sen. John Moorlach for his work freeing funding for mental
health crisis stabilization units and an American Hospital
Association study charts the effect of drug price increases on
hospitals.
HASC mourns the loss of long-serving regional vice president
Anthony Abbate, who retired from the association in
2003 and passed away on Oct. 4. Also in this edition of HASC
Briefs, Dr. Bennet Omalu, Dr. Abraham Verghese, Jeff Goldsmith
and C. Duane Dauner are confirmed as April Annual Meeting
speakers in Santa Barbara.
The Sept. 15 HASC Board of Directors Chair’s Report is now
available to hospital and system members online. Also in this
issue of HASC Briefs, Dennis Haghighat, M.D. assumes the CEO
role at Victor Valley Global Medical Center and the annual
Administrative Professionals Forum enjoys record
attendance.
Sponsors from a cross-section of health care organizations are
backing November’s Charity Golf Classic, with more sponsor slots
open and available. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs, Southern
California Patient Safety First hospitals post dramatic
gains, and a call goes out for 2016 CHPAC
support.
HASC’s Person-Centered Care Initiative is looking for 3-4
provider communities to explore and implement the care model in
their organizations. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, the
association congratulates Dan McLaughlin and Julie Miller-Phipps
on new executive positions, and National Health Foundation’s
Hospital Hero Awards take place at the Skirball Cultural Center
on Friday, Nov. 4.
A Dec. 14 Tribute Dinner will honor HASC President and CEO
Jim Barber as his retirement approaches – while
raising funds for the HASC Administrative Fellowship
Program & Scholarship Fund. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs,
long-serving assistant to the president Kim Mannos announces her
retirement and readers get a peek at 2016 Charity Golf
Classic venue Red Hill Country Club.
HASC wins recognition for backing an Inland Empire effort
that combats the nation’s opioid crisis. Also in this
issue, a series of June roundtables help organizations plan for
changing state workplace violence rules and HASC’s new Labor
Academy sets September and October dates.
The HASC.org website’s Active Shooter Drill Materials
page offers a range of items designed to reinforce
facility security and preparedness. Also in this edition of HASC
Briefs, the 2016 Health Care Provider Wellness Conference shares
a photo gallery — and the spring LEAD Academy cohort marks its
graduation.
The LANES health information exchange moved towards its fall
go-live date with a June 10 meeting at HASC headquarters in
downtown Los Angeles. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs,
the nationwide HealthCareerCenter.com partners
with the association’s website and more than 50
Southern California hospitals are commended for Patient
Safety First Collaborative improvements.
The 2016 Health Care Provider Wellness Conference starts on
Thursday, June 9 in Carlsbad (San Diego County). Also in this
issue of HASC Briefs, National Health Foundation and Gold Coast
Health Plan are teaming to launch a Ventura County
recuperative care project and HASC and AHA members plan a June 16
conversation about physician engagement.
Four HASC-facilitated roundtables are scheduled in June to
discuss proposed changes to Cal/OSHA’s workplace violence
prevention regulations. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs,
longevity expert Ernie Medina, DrPH, is set to speak on June 9 at
the 2016 Health Care Provider Wellness Conference in Carlsbad.
HASC and AHA members meet in Pasadena on June 16 to promote
clinical transformation and physician engagement. Also in this
issue of HASC Briefs, Gerald Clute is CEO at Hollywood
Presbyterian Medical Center and Frank Cracolici is CEO at St.
Vincent Medical Center.
The 2016 Annual Meeting posts record-breaking attendance in Santa
Barbara. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs, the association
launches a Medi-Cal Task Force and educators join nurse
administrators for this month’s Specialty RN Shortage Work Group
meeting.
Annual Meeting speaker Alastair Humphreys will deliver an
attention-grabbing talk at Bacara on Friday, April 15. Also in
this issue of HASC Briefs, nurse education programs are invited
to join the continuing Specialty RN Shortage Work Group and
speaker John Harris will draw connections between wellness and
business performance at June’s Health Care Provider Wellness
Conference.
April’s Annual Meeting will not be all work and no play,
organizers promise. Also in this week’s Briefs, new labor issues
training attracts attention and the Patient Safety First
Collaborative holds its first event of the year.
The HASC-developed ReddiNet emergency communications network
marks 30 years’ movement forward this year. Also in this issue,
the association recognizes new chief executives Richard M. Rowe
and Ann R. Brown, and April’s Annual Meeting Breakout Session
speakers are announced.
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