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HASC Briefs for September 18, 2014

HASC’s Modern Pricing and Transparency Initiative Collaborative is set to launch later this month. Also this week from HASC, the Southern California Patient Safety First Collaborative thanks PSF hospitals that have contributed in Phase 2 of the Collaborative. Nominate your hospital hero today for National Health Foundation’s annual Hospital Hero Awards. HASC welcomes Merritt Hawkins, a physician search and consulting firm, as a Strategic Business Partner. Sign up for and consider sponsoring this year’s Golf Charity Classic, coming in October.

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Modern Pricing and Transparency Initiative Collaborative to Launch Later This Month

The HASC Modern Pricing and Transparency Initiative (MPTI) Collaborative, set to launch later this month, will provide hospitals with access to outside expertise in the areas of legal, regulatory, reimbursement and operations that hospitals can learn from, and lean on, as they work independently to bring their charges closer to costs and make charges more palatable to consumers.

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Special Thanks to PSF Hospitals

Southern California Patient Safety First Collaborative expresses a heartfelt appreciation to the following PSF hospitals who have been key contributors to our Collaborative in Phase 2, as conference speakers, simulation training host hospitals, webinar leaders, and storyboard presenters:

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Nominate Your Hospital Hero Today

Nominate a hero from your hospital for the 9th Annual Hospital Hero Awards Luncheon, set for Friday, Nov. 21 at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The deadline for nominations is Sept. 30. Visit this link to nominate your hero online today.

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HASC Welcomes Merritt Hawkins as a Strategic Business Partner

HASC welcomes Merritt Hawkins as a Strategic Business Partner. Merritt Hawkins is a leading physician and advanced practitioner search firm and is a company of AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AHS), the largest health care staffing organization in the United States.

The firm provides physician search and consulting services to hospitals in California.

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HASC, NHF Thank Golf Charity Classic Sponsors

HASC and NHF thank the following sponsors of the annual Golf Charity Classic. These organizations have made an early commitment to support this event, which helps to support NHF to develop award-winning work in quality measures and outcomes, and to improve access to health care in underserved communities in California.