Healthy Way LA (HWLA), part of the California Health Care Coverage Initiative that seeks to expand health care coverage for eligible individuals who potentially will be eligible for Medi-Cal with the expansion of Medicaid coverage in 2014, continues its enrollment throughout the county.

The Department of Health Services has enrolled 200,924 low-income county residents into the program as of June 30, 2012. Of those, 77,215 are in DHS medical homes and 83,230 are in Community Partner (CP) clinic medical homes.

HASC, in partnership with the Wound Care Education Institute (WCEI), will bring members of Southern California’s hospitals, long-term care providers and home health agencies a four-day skin and wound management training course followed by a certification examination. Use discount code HASC12 to save $600.

The session will take place Aug. 13-17 at the Double Tree Norwalk.

More than 250 nurses, hospital administrators, patients, families and allied health professionals representing 55 hospitals gathered in Long Beach for the third annual Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) Conference on June 22.