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HASC Briefs for May 2, 2012

The Inland Empire Health Information Exchange is now live. Read more about this, as well as St. Mary Medical Center’s approval for a new campus in Victorville, LA County’s recommended budget, HASC’s new palliative care list serve and information on staying up to date with MICRA, in this week’s Briefs.

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Inland Empire Health Information Exchange Is Now Live

The Inland Empire Health Information Exchange (IEHIE), a self-funded collaborative of Riverside and San Bernardino County hospitals, medical centers, physician practices, health plans, public health organizations and other health care providers, is now live at http://iehie.org/.

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St. Mary Medical Center Victorville Campus Receives Planning Commission Approval

St. Mary Medical Center received approval from the Planning Commission last week to proceed with building a new hospital in Victorville. The Victorville campus will add 128 hospital beds to St. Mary’s existing 202 beds in Apple Valley.

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Los Angeles County Releases Recommended Budget

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The chief executive officer (CEO) for Los Angeles County released the $23.781 billion FY 2012-13 Recommended County Budget. This recommended budget represents a total 2.3 percent decline from the 2011-12 budget of $24.346 billion. A reduction in the Hospital Enterprise Fund is attributed to decreased state revenue collected from court fines/collections (Maddy).

At the department level, no countywide curtailment plan is being proposed in the recommended budgets submitted by Health Services, Public Health and Mental Health.

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HASC Launches Palliative Care List Serve

The HASC Palliative Care list serve is now available.

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HASC Encourages Members to Support MICRA

Adam Blackstone

HASC and CHA support the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), and encourage hospital members to learn more about the Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP) for up-to-date information on MICRA.

Filled to capacity, April’s LEAD Academy session explored communication and employee coaching.
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May 4 LEAD Academy to Highlight Change Management, Performance Improvement

The LEAD Academy’s third session gets underway May 4 at Verdugo Hills Hospital. Titled Leading Others through Change and Managing Performance, these two dynamic modules are designed to help recently hired, newly appointed or previously untrained health care leaders to hone their skills and guide their employees to successful change.

This third session is part of a six-session, 12-module program taught by Marcey Uday-Riley, MSW, CPT, a leading facilitator in human performance improvement and organizational development.

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Left to right: Dan Martinez, Patient Financial Services Director, Mission Hills Hospital, SJHS; George Mack, HASC; and Kenny Deng.
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2012 Claims Adjudication Workgroup

The Claims Adjudication Workgroup met April 27, bringing together hospital and provider representatives from across the nation. Formed in partnership with Blue Shield of California, this multi-specialty workgroup began in 2009 as a subgroup of the Contracting Committee. The workgroup serves as a forum to improve claim payments to hospitals. The group meets quarterly.

 

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Information on PDS Bundled Payments Now Online

Slides from PDS University’s recent webinar Using PDS to Develop Bundled Payments Strategies are now available. The course covered preliminary results for bundled payments, the conditions best suited for bundled payments, and how PDS data can identify your patient populations that may be best suited for bundled payments. 

For more information on how PDS can help you create strategies, visit www.pds-data.com.