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HASC Briefs for June 7, 2017

CHA offers seminars on hospital reimbursement and finance this month in Glendale and Costa Mesa. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs, the association’s Communities Lifting Communities initiative launches on June 16 and HealthCareerCenter.com lends a hand with hospital hiring.

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Hospital Finance Seminars Are Offered at Southern California Locations This Month

CHA and HASC invite members to two Southern California events focused on hospital reimbursement, updates to Medi-Cal and Medicare rules and other regulations governing hospital fees and finance.  

Set for June 20 and 21, the seminars cover July 1 updates to payment policies, quality assurance fee program updates, the Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule, county reimbursement for mental health patients, a look into the future of Medicare — and more.

The sessions will also consider potential future changes to the existing federal health care framework.

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Communities Lifting Communities Launches on June 16 – Members Are Invited to Attend

HASC, with HC2 Strategies, Inc. and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California, will launch Communities Lifting Communities, a partnership intended to reduce health disparities and improve community health across Southern California, on Friday, June 16.

The kick-off meeting takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Metro Headquarters Building opposite Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The meeting aims to bring together health care leaders to align collective goals and identify key intersections to help the initiative effect positive change.

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July Wellness Conference
Speaker Focus: Laura Putnam

Wellness program expert Laura Putnam is a featured speaker at July’s Health Care Provider Wellness Conference in Anaheim. Putnam, author of Workplace Wellness That Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality Into Any Organization, offers an innovative “stealth” strategy for jump-starting wellness programs into action. The key, she says, is not pushing efforts as “wellness programs,” but selling them as fun and positive steps towards better health.

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Nurse Intervention Program Overview Is Sept. 20

Registered nurses and other health care professionals are not immune to substance use disorder or mental illness. A five-hour seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 20 is designed to provide hospitals with critical information on the Board of Registered Nursing and Healthcare Professionals’ Intervention Program and Diversion Program.

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LEAD Academy Offers Summer, Fall
Dates in Glendale and Inland Empire

LEAD Academy is a six-day, 12-module training experience that uses experiential learning to empower recently-hired, newly-appointed or previously-untrained health care leaders.

LEAD Academy sessions provide a safe environment to practice newly-learned skills and align work goals and actions to support the broader vision of the organization. Engaging activities guide participants through the process of understanding differing leadership styles and overcoming the distinct challenges of being a leader. Specific program focus areas include:

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HealthCareerCenter.com Offers a Hand With Recruiting Challenges

In the evolving health care field, recruiters face an uphill battle. While tapping a talent pool that’s shrinking as demand grows, they’re also under pressure to develop and implement new hiring strategies with increased emphasis on cultural fit and reduced turnover. For these reasons, many hiring managers have elected to work with HealthCareerCenter.com, the health care jobs site offered by the American Hospital Association — in partnership with HASC.