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HASC Briefs for July 18, 2018

HASC partners with Toyon to offer an innovative CMS Worksheet S-10 Uncompensated Care payment solution. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, Santa Cruz County joins the ReddiNet emergency communication system and Advanced LEAD Academy graduates its latest cohort.

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HASC Partners With Toyon — to Help Hospitals With Uncompensated Care Reporting

In September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised Worksheet S-10, which is used to determine hospital Medicare Disproportionate Share (DSH) Uncompensated Care (UC) payments. The new instructions revise Medicare’s definition of charity care and uncompensated care and will now be used to redistribute more than $8 billion in hospital Medicare UC payments across the nation in federal year 2019.

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Santa Cruz County Joins ReddiNet

Santa Cruz County’s wild coast sits between Monterey Bay and Half Moon Bay in California’s midsection.

Santa Cruz County has joined the ReddiNet® emergency services network. With this new enrollment, nearly 70 percent of California’s population is now served by ReddiNet, the emergency communications system.

Located 70 miles south of San Francisco, Santa Cruz County is home to 260,000 residents — as well as Dominican Hospital, Watsonville Community Hospital and Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz.

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Advanced LEAD Academy Cohort Graduates

With course facilitator Marcey Uday-Riley (third from left) Advanced LEAD Academy students posed for a graduation photo on June 29 at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale.

On June 29, 21 students graduated from HASC’s most recent Advanced LEAD Academy® course at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale.

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Equity Initiative Training Session Precedes
Next Week’s AHA Summit in San Diego

Working with the American Hospital Association, the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity and the Disparities Solutions Center are conducting training sessions over the next two years to provide strategies that help hospitals and health systems effectively achieve the goals of AHA’s #123forEquity pledge. The first regional session, on Wednesday, July 25, is a day-long look at execution strategies for each component of the pledge.

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Fall LEAD Academy Full — Spring 2019 Open

Charmine Navarro, night shift ER clinical coordinator at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (center) and Katrina Bada, marketing manager at Good Samaritan Hospital – Los Angeles (right), work on a role-playing exercise with another Advanced LEAD Academy student.

Due to demand, LEAD Academy’s autumn 2018 series is now full and closed to enrollment, however, the spring 2019 sessions are open and available. Sessions take place at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale.

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Admin Assistants Reach for the Next Wave

A watersports enthusiast from south Orange County, series facilitator Corinne Sinnigen uses surfing as a metaphor in her courses.

How can administrative professionals advance their skills? To find out, encourage your administrative assistants to enroll in HASC’s Administrative Professionals Development Series.

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PathWays Nomination Due Date
Is Extended to Friday, Aug. 24

Madeline Frederick of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles took part in the 2017 PathWays program.

Young health care professionals learn from mentors with the PathWays: Healthcare Policy in Action career development program sponsored by HASC and Health Care Executives of Southern California. Each year, a cohort selected from a pool of candidates attends four sessions where health care leaders share insights and inspiration to propel participants toward their next career objective.

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Webinar: HIPAA-Compliant Computer Disposal

HASC members are invited to join a free informational webinar with endorsed business partner SafeGuard Asset Recovery from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25. Titled Retired Medical and IT Equipment Risk Mitigation, SafeGuard Asset Recovery President Gunnar Hedlund will present. 

Highlights of July 25 Webinar:

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HASC Education Programs
Are Open for Enrollment

HASC’s education programs provide a cost and time-effective way for health professionals and staff to enhance their skills. Dates have been set for several programs and space is available for the following programs: