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HASC Briefs for May 23, 2018

Architecture students join other project collaborators as NHF’s Los Angeles recuperative care facility moves towards an autumn opening. Also in this edition of HASC Briefs, members are urged to submit letters opposing AB 3087, and Santa Barbara County gets a $1.2 million grant for mental health triage services.

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Students Join Collaboration as NHF Recuperative Care Moves Towards Opening

Woodbury University’s Agency for Civic Engagement Director Jeanine Centuori (foreground left) poses with school architecture students and concepts created for NHF’s Los Angeles recuperative care facility. At rear is the early 20th century sanitarium now being converted into the facility. Photo: Rachael Buechler

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Members Urged to Submit
Letters to Oppose AB 3087

Opposing California Assembly Bill 3087, legislation that would set reimbursement rates for the state’s hospitals and other providers, is a policy priority for the California Hospital Association (CHA) and HASC. Writing in the Sacramento Bee, CHA President/CEO Carmela Coyle recently warned that, if passed, the law could result in as many as 175,000 layoffs. CHA estimates that hospitals statewide would lose $18 billion annually — the financial impact to hospitals in Los Angeles County might total $3.4 billion annually.

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HASC to Sign Equity Pledge,
Members Invited to Follow

Launched in 2015, AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to Act to Eliminate Health Care Disparities urges hospital and health system leaders to accelerate progress toward eliminating health disparities, increasing quality of care and advancing diversity and inclusion in health care.  

Hospitals are being asked to make the efforts a priority. As of last summer, just 73 of California’s more than 400 hospitals and health systems had endorsed the pledge.

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Santa Barbara County Receives
$1.2-million Behavioral Health Grant

Santa Barbara County’s Department of Behavioral Wellness recently received a $1.2 million grant to support its mental health triage services. With this funding, the department aims to reduce wait times and 5150 holds — especially for youth in crisis — in county emergency departments.

California’s Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission is the grant source.

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Catch-up Needed to Reach 2018 CHPAC Goal

The HASC region is currently at 37 percent of the association’s annual fundraising goal for the California Hospital Association Political Action Committee, or CHPAC.

“Participation in CHPAC is critical to our advocacy efforts and efforts to support candidates who share our values,” HASC Vice President for External Affairs and Strategic Communications Jennifer Bayer said.

Please appoint a CHPAC Campaign Coordinator for your facility today. HASC staff will provide the necessary coordination to make your campaign a success!

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June Webinars’ Goal: Restful Hospital Nights

A two-webinar series presented by the Hospital Quality Institute in June offers hospital managers new strategies to minimize noise, promote healing, and increase HCAHPS scores on Quietness of Hospital Environment.