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Press Releases

May 18, 2012

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Los Angeles Effort to Tackle Gaps in Black Maternal and Infant Health Passes Two-Year Mark as White House Issues Call to Action on Issue

December 16, 2021 Adam Blackstone

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 16, 2021) — Communities Lifting Communities (CLC), the Public Health Alliance of Southern California (Alliance), and the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC), recently marked the end of its first, two-year cohort of Cherished Futures for Black Moms & Babies, a collaborative effort to reduce Black maternal and infant health inequities in Los Angeles County.

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Tonight’s Culver City Premium Pay Vote Is Accompanied by Public Concern About Its Origin

June 14, 2021

A vote by a divided Culver City City Council this evening will decide the fate of a fiercely-contested proposed ordinance that would hike worker pay $5 an hour in the municipality’s only hospital.

For the past month, HASC with the California Hospital Association has campaigned against the proposed measure as unfair in singling out hospital workers for bonus pay while leaving rewards for other frontline workers active during the pandemic off the table.

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Associations Advocate Against Hospital-Specific Mandates With L.A. Times Advertorial

June 11, 2021

With the California Hospital Association, HASC this week published a advertorial in the Los Angeles Times newspaper calling on state and local lawmakers to reject so-called “hero pay” legislation that would mandate increased pay for hospital workers only.

On Monday, June 14, the Culver City City Council votes on such a proposal. While the measure would impact one facility only, HASC and CHA are mounting vigorous opposition as its passage would set a dangerous precedent.

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Government-Mandated Premium Pay for Health Care Workers Fails to Recognize All Heroes
MESSAGE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS

June 8, 2021 Adam Blackstone June 9, 2021

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 9, 2021) – Our health care workers are heroes. And we are all indebted to our essential workers and frontline caregivers who have proven their commitment by caring for over 1.2 million Los Angeles County residents infected with COVID-19.

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Hospitals Face Steep Climb From Financial Pit Created by Pandemic
State and Local Policy Makers Should Support Hospitals, Not Cripple Them

May 25, 2021 Adam Blackstone May 25, 2021

LOS ANGELES, CA (May 25, 2021) – In the face of extreme adversity, California’s hospitals and health care heroes have risen to the challenge time and again as the backbone of health care. Their resilience has been matched only by their unrelenting commitment to care for their communities during the worst public health crisis in generations.

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Lower Black Infant Mortality Rates in Los Angeles Is Goal of New Health Net-Funded Grant for Cherished Futures
Health Net, through The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare, awards a $300,000 grant to Cherished Futures for Black Moms & Babies to continue its important health equity work in L.A.

April 28, 2021 Adam Blackstone April 21, 2021

WOODLAND HILLS, CA (April 21, 2021) – Improving patient experiences for Black moms in Los Angeles County can drive lower Black infant mortality rates in the county. To help address this health equity issue, Health Net, through the Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare, has awarded a $300,000 grant to Cherished Futures for Black Moms and Babies (Cherished Futures).

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Cherished Futures Collaborative Celebrates Black Maternal Health Week, Welcomes Three Participating Hospitals

April 14, 2021 Adam Blackstone April 14, 2021

LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2021—Today, Cherished Futures for Black Moms & Babies — a collaborative effort to reduce Black infant deaths and improve patient experiences and safety for Black mothers and birthing people — hosted a unique virtual discussion marking the second year of its work with hospitals, public health, payers, and Black community leaders. The convening coincided with the fourth annual Black Maternal Health Week, a nationwide awareness week to deepen the conversation about Black maternal health in the U.S.

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Hospital Association Implores Workers to Not Turn Their Back on Patients

December 12, 2020 Adam Blackstone December 12, 2020

LOS ANGELES, December 12, 2020 – “Southern California is in the middle of a crisis that is claiming hundreds of Californians’ lives every week,” said George Greene, President & CEO of the Hospital Association of Southern California. “Now is the time for everyone who touches health care to come together with a common goal: preventing workforce stoppages that could reduce the ability to care for people in need of critical services.”

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Hospitals Support Adherence to Public Health Safety Precautions

December 9, 2020 Adam Blackstone December 7, 2020

LOS ANGELES, December 7, 2020 – Our hospitals and frontline health care workers are stretched to the limit, working tirelessly and selflessly for nearly a year to care for those battling COVID-19. This pandemic is once again surging and is expected to be worse than ever at a time when supplies remain hard to come by, and when hospital workers are physically and mentally drained.

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Accurate Background Named HASC,
Hospital Council Exclusive Endorsed
Provider for Employment Screening

August 26, 2020 Adam Blackstone

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2020 — The Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) and Hospital Council – Northern & Central California (Hospital Council) have exclusively endorsed Accurate Background, an Irvine, CA-based leading provider of compliant background checks, drug and health screening and Form I-9 verifications, for employment screening services. The endorsement provides member hospitals with a comprehensive portfolio of employment screening, verifications and compliance tools.

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State Sen. Holly Mitchell Shares Quest
for Better Outcomes for Black Moms, Babies

August 7, 2020

Click here to view State Sen. Holly Mitchell’s remarks along with comments from other participants at July 24’s event. (Above image is a still photo only.)

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