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Say Thanks by Protecting Yourself and Others

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CIf your family is anything like mine, every Thanksgiving we take turns around the table, and everyone shares something they’re particularly thankful for this year.

National Pledge on Billing Will Affirm CA Hospitals’ Commitment

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California’s hospitals are recognized nationwide for their longstanding work to ensure that care is accessible for everyone, because our state’s hospital leaders instinctively know that health care is a basic human need. 

Relief Funds Must Come Quickly as Hospitals Endure Long-Term COVID Effects

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While there is cause for some optimism related to the COVID-19 crisis — vaccines have been approved for children 5-11 and the summer surge is finally behind us — it remains a daily struggle for many of California’s hospitals to make sure they have the resources needed to deliver the care their patients deserve. 

Workforce Challenges Demand Big Thinking

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For the past two years, hospital leaders in California and throughout the nation have risen to meet perhaps the greatest test of their careers — a collective and effective response to a deadly pandemic that has killed millions worldwide. 

Interim Surprise Billing Rule Hurts Patients

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As California’s hospitals continue to slog through the peaks and valleys of the COVID-19 pandemic, all while enduring incessant and devastating blows to the resources they rely on for patient care, an additional burden from the federal government is beginning to materialize. 

Work Begins Now on Long-Term Workforce Challenges

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. “The healthcare workforce is burned-out following a nearly two-year face-off against COVID-19. This impact will be felt by all of us, regardless of where we live or our field of work.” — John Derse, healthcare industry vertical leader at Mercer, a N.Y.-based […]

Legislative Close Brings Reprieve for Hospitals Despite a Delay on Two Big Issues

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As California’s hospitals endure wave after wave of COVID-19 surges — a challenge compounded by severe and persistent workforce shortages — this year’s legislative session was filled with bills that could have made your jobs even harder at a time when every single resource ought to be focused on saving lives. 

As Session Closes, Two Big Issues Delayed

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.In these final few days of the 2021 legislative session, with all political eyes on the Sept. 14 recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom, there is mixed news on two issues of great importance to hospitals. Both CHA’s proposed 2030 seismic mandate […]