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Midterm Election Shakes Up California’s Political Chessboard

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Earlier this week, the 2022 midterm election shuffled the state and federal political decks, altering for at least the next two to 10 years the makeup of the bodies that determine health care policy for hospitals here in California and throughout the nation. 

Election Will Bring Challenges, Opportunity

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On Tuesday, voters in California and throughout the nation will be able to make changes in their elected leadership, shuffling the political deck and sending a signal about their priorities for their city, county, state, and nation.  

Time to Eliminate Medi-Cal’s Health Care Caste System

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Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times published an important article that sheds a fair bit of light on one of California’s most insidious yet little-known health care problems: chronic Medi-Cal underfunding. 

Delivering on Zero Harm Starts Now

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Every day, in every hospital in California, every person who chooses to work to deliver care to others strives to protect every patient from harm. 

On Suicide, a Time for Reflection and Action

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Two years ago, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, 4,075 Californians took their own lives. Nearly 80,000 more who attempted to take their lives, inflict self-harm, or expressed the desire to do so were treated in California hospital emergency departments.   As […]

Office of Health Care Affordability Will Play Key Role in California’s Health Care Future

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In early July, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation establishing the Office of Health Care Affordability, a new, far-reaching agency that will hold significant sway over how health care is paid for and delivered in California in the future. Following his signature, California became the 10th state in the nation to have state agencies or oversight that establish targets for health care cost growth.  

Fight for FEMA Reimbursement Continues

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two-and-a-half years, California’s hospitals took extraordinary measures to protect and save lives — radically changing their operations, their staffing structures, their physical space, and more. Tens of thousands of families remain whole as a result.