Hospital Operations Committee
The Hospital Operations Committee provides a forum for facility leaders to discuss challenges facing hospitals, recommend best-practice solutions, serve as a resource for HASC staff for innovative business approaches and learn what our members need. The committee also monitors operational trends and strategies by engaging expert speakers and member hospital executives who are actively addressing topics of interest.
Participants
COOs, CMOs, VPs of operations and associate administrators from hospitals and integrated systems.
Chair
CEO, Pacifica Hospital of the Valley
2022 Committee Meeting Dates (8:30 to 10:30 a.m.)
March 31
May 24
August 23
November 2
Staff Contact
Safety and Security Committee
The Safety and Security Committee provides a forum for safety and security issues affecting health care organizations; helps member hospital representatives identify trends and challenges affecting patients, visitors, employees, physicians and property; helps organizations meet regulatory requirements with best practices; and supports the development of educational content on security issues.
Participants
Directors of patient care, safety and security, risk management, facilities
Chair
Mark Reed, Director of Support Services, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Vice Chair
Harving Parra, Program Manager, Workplace Violence and EOC, CHOC Children’s
2022 Committee Meeting Dates (8:30 – 10:30 a.m.)
- Apr. 20, 2022
- July 20, 2022
- Oct. 19, 2022
*Location varies by member facility availability.
Staff Contact
Allied for Health Compensation Practices Committee
The Allied for Health Compensation Practices Committee serves as a resource to the HASC staff by:
- Conducting research and collecting data on compensation and benefits practices among members statewide;
- Providing information and assessments and making recommendations on current economic and business trends affecting direct compensation and benefit practices in health care; and
- Charging, monitoring and reviewing the work of external consultants regarding the survey data collection and reporting.
2023 Committee Meeting Dates (9 – 10 a.m. via Zoom)
- Non-management: Thursday, Feb. 23; discuss content
- Executive/management: Tuesday, March 7; discuss content
- Non-management: Tuesday, Aug. 8; discuss final report
- Executive/management: Tuesday, Sept. 12; discuss final report
Participants
VPs of human resources; directors of compensation and benefits
Chair
To be determined
Staff Contact
CFO Listserve
The CFO Listserve convenes HASC CFOs to provide peer-to-peer interaction on emerging issues affecting short-term and long-term hospital finances and strategic decision-making.
The committee also:
- Provides a direct channel for HASC executive staff to receive HASC member CFO input for developing positions on: public policy, legislation, HASC or CHA committees, work groups or task force activities, and input regarding current or potential HASC products and services
- Conducts webinars for CFOs and their PFS/Revenue Cycle staff to help guide HASC in industry reform, financial stability, cost reduction and revenue growth opportunities
- Works in conjunction with CHA to monitor CFO priority issues and concerns to develop educational programming for high-level invitational events for CFOs/CEOs
Staff Contact
Homeless Health Care Task Force – Los Angeles
The Homeless Health Care Task Force develops solutions to the challenges associated with post acute health care for homeless individuals; works to improve coordination and communication links between hospital and service providers; bridges the gaps in the continuum of care post discharge; and addresses the need for additional training and educational resources for hospitals.
Participants
System, corporate and institutional executives; program administrators and clinicians.
Workforce Advisory Group
The Workforce Advisory Group serves as a resource to the association in leading a region-wide, coordinated effort to identify and address staffing needs and the nature and severity of staffing shortages. Strategic goals include workforce shortages, barriers and solutions, data collection, and partnership and collaboration. The advisory group will also examine strategies to advance diversity and inclusion in the health care workforce.
Meeting Dates and Times
The 2023 group meetings are set to run from 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 16; Thursday, June 15; Thursday, Sept. 21; and December (TBD).
Participants
Hospital and health system executives, directors or managers of human resources, talent acquisition, workforce development, recruitment, and organizational development.
Staff Contact