Nonprofit Acute Health Care 2022: Trends Impacting Hospital Bond Ratings — Participant Information
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Sweeping Minimum Wage Bill Would Decimate Health Care in California
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On Tuesday, dozens of supporters of a bill that would raise the minimum wage for all health care workers in California to $25 an hour, starting Jan. 1, 2024, descended on Sacramento. Their message: This bill is needed to address staffing shortages in hospitals and other health care settings.
Make No Mistake: Hospitals Are a Long Way From ‘Fine’
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Last week, the independent agency that advises Congress on Medicare rates delivered its March report, which describes hospital profit margins that hit all-time highs in 2021 and calls attention to the $200 billion in taxpayer subsidies that provided hospitals with a cushion to get through the worst of the pandemic.
Minimum Wage Bill Heads to Assembly; Amendments Fail to Address Cost Concerns
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Last week, after multiple votes within a single day, a host of verbal concessions and future promises between legislators, and a few amendments, a bill that would raise the minimum wage for all health care workers in all settings in California to $25 an hour squeaked through the state Senate with the minimum number of votes needed.
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Legislature Considers Bills Addressing Presumption in Workers’ Compensation
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CEO Message: A Dire Financial Picture for Hospitals
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A new report released last week by consulting firm Kaufman Hall has confirmed the depths of the financial crisis facing California’s hospitals.
California Goes to Washington
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Earlier this week, nearly 50 of California’s hospital and health system leaders trekked almost 3,000 miles to Washington, D.C. Their purpose: to share with members of Congress the legislative changes they need to successfully meet their mission of care back home.
It was an impressive showing for this year’s joint advocacy program, hosted by your California Hospital Association and the American Hospital Association. I am grateful to have been able to spend time with John Muir Health President & CEO Cal Knight, CHA’s Board Chair, along with Stanford Health Care President and CEO David Entwistle, and Alameda Health System CEO Delvecchio Finley, California’s representatives on AHA’s Board of Trustees.
The Challenge of Our Day
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Across the nation, the headlines are bold.
From patients going bankrupt due to unexpected medical bills to the news that one in seven patients is burdened by surprise bills.
Daily, these stories keep at the forefront a disparity issue of growing proportion: how to ensure that health care is available, of the highest possible quality, yet affordable for the tens of millions of people who struggle with everyday expenses, let alone the costs of unexpected health needs. Clinical advances, technology, drugs, and more allow us to save lives and perform health care miracles every day, but these accomplishments are increasingly unaffordable for the average person.
The health care affordability conversation is not only dominating the media, but also the Capitol building in Sacramento and the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Hospitals are front and center in this debate.
Senate Committee Proposes Drastic Medicaid Cuts
On Monday, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released legislative language for its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a budget bill that would overhaul the nation’s tax structure, in large part through expansive cuts to Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California).