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HASC Briefs for Jan. 25, 2017

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.

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Medi-Cal Managed Care Task Force To
Reconvene, Address Expected Change

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.

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HASC Welcomes Chief Executive

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.

Contact:
Vhernalyn Julve
(213) 538-0789
vjulve@hasc.org

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L.A. County Workshop Focuses On
Operational Resiliency, Cyber Threats

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.

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Join Us for the HASC Annual Meeting,
April 5-7, at Bacara in Santa Barbara

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.

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Two HR Learning Events Launch Soon

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.