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NewsState hospital reporting to become obsolete?
Hospital quality reporting on a state level may be falling to the wayside as more hospitals are opting for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) database, which now mandates Read more...
State hospital association: Report cards outlived usefulness with federal data
State volunteer reporting of hospital quality, such as patient satisfaction, mortality from complications, and infection rates, may have outlived its usefulness, according to California Hospital Read more...
Hospitals dispute HHS infection data
New data posted to the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Hospital Compare website has sparked criticism from hospitals and health systems across the nation. While some hospitals Read more...
Qualifications of traveling nurses questioned
Among other political issues, the qualifications of the replacement traveling nurses that filled in for California strikers are being called into question. During a 23,000-nurse strike affecting 33 Read more...
Why the nurses' strike isn't just a California problem
The troubles that plague California hospitals may have organizations elsewhere thanking their lucky stars that they aren't facing strikes (or a similar patient death due to a medical error attracting Read more...
California Hospital Association strikes back at union nurse strike
Following the patient death linked to a 23,000-nurse strike at California hospitals, the California Hospital Association (CHA) said that the nurses' union is "inappropriate in exploiting [the] Read more...
Union plans largest U.S. nurse strike at Kaiser, Sutter Health
With ongoing nursing shortages, hospitals have been struggling to fill gaps in providing care, as well deal with nurses dissatisfied with resulting staffing levels. But even the largest and most Read more...
Health Net will pay $1.95 million in recession suit
Marking another landmark in a titanic struggle between health plans, providers and consumers over the right to cancel policies, Health Net has agreed to pay $1.95 million to California hospitals to Read more...
CA's proposed 'provider tax' seems to be failing
For a while, it looked like the idea would work. A controversial proposal, kicked off by none other than the California Hospital Association, would have imposed a "provider fee" on most of its 450 Read more...
CA to try to increase number of healthcare support workers
In a move to try to increase the number of healthcare support workers in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently revealed details of a $32 million partnership between the state and four Read more...
| Press ReleasesHooper, Lundy & Bookman Wins Ruling on Behalf of California HospitalsCourt Stops State from Imposing Draconian Medi-Cal Rate Cuts LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a case filed by Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC on behalf of the California Hospital Association, the Read more >> Mentally Ill Californians Most Likely Jailed; Not HospitalizedFiscal Crisis and Failed Mental Health Policies Taking a Toll Implementation of Laura’s Law imperative in Psychiatric Hospital Bed Crisis TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mentally ill people in Read more >> |
