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What’s happening: Registration for CHA’s 2025 Disaster Planning Conference, taking place Sept. 9-10 in Sacramento, is open. Early bird pricing for both members and nonmembers expires on Aug. 7.
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What’s happening: The Collaborative Healthcare Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) — a division of the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) — is hosting a webinar on Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. (PT) to discuss empowering high utilizer patients through individualized comprehensive care plans, including partnership with the California Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. What else to ...
When planning for natural disasters, hospitals should focus on several key considerations.
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This page provides the latest information on federal and state actions regarding the Los Angeles fires. The resources and information about official actions can help your hospital respond to the fires and continue to treat patients. If you have any questions, contact Trina Gonzalez, Vice President, Policy at tgonzalez@calhospital.org. Federal Blanket Waivers from CMS — Includes wavier...
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The 2025 Disaster Planning Conference will be in Sacramento this year. It’s sure to be as spectacular as ever.
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SACRAMENTO (February 5, 2026) — California Hospital Association President & CEO Carmela Coyle today announced her plans to retire in early 2027, after a 44-year career in health care policy and advocacy.
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has launched a 30-day public comment period — closing June 20 — on the planned submission of a five-year renewal application for the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Section 1915(b) Waiver, which is scheduled to expire on Dec. 31, 2026.
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A recent KFF poll underscores the public’s persistent and growing frustration with how profit-driven insurance companies create barriers in accessing health care services. Now, as providers look to transform health care delivery to be more efficient following sweeping federal funding cuts, insurance companies, too, must find better ways to serve patients.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Creating immediate surge capacity for critically injured patients in a mass casualty incident (MCI) is critical in MCI response. However, the current era of hospital overcrowding and emergency department (ED) boarding has undermined the ability of the ED to create surge capacity. […]
