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Thank you to everyone who joined us this week for the 2023 Annual Meeting! We hope you had a great experience learning, networking and spending time with friends old and new. We want to give special thanks to all of our speakers for sharing your time and expertise, and to our sponsors for helping make the event a...
Annual Meeting is Next Week in Palm Desert
Thank you to all who are planning to attend the 2023 HASC Annual Meeting! We’re excited to see you May 17 to 19 at the JW Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Desert. A packed agenda, with learning sessions, networking and social events, awaits, and we hope you’ll find the event informative and enjoyable. Here are a...
Southern California Leaders: Join the PPE Consortium
Overview During the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic recession, high demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) created a severe shortage. PPE prices increased sharply, and medical providers were forced to compete for limited supplies. To better prepare for the next disaster and potential supply chain disruptions, the PPE Consortium has been formed. The workgroup is...
Welcome to New HASC Associate Members
HASC is pleased to welcome two new companies as associate corporate members: Intratem Woodland Hills, Californiahttps://intratem.com Alex Dukhovny, Executive Vice PresidentDimitry Malinsky, Chief Executive OfficerRichard Bruyere, Business Development Director Intratem Mobility Lifecycle Management enables health care information technology teams to offload mobility management, end-user, device and carrier support, reporting, procurement, staging, kitting and inventory management....
Roger Seaver Retires as Henry Mayo CEO
HASC extends many congratulations and thanks to Roger Seaver, who retired in March after 22 years as president and chief executive officer of Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. Seaver had been a health care industry leader for more than 50 years. He joined Henry Mayo on April 1, 2001, during an especially challenging time. Under his...
George Greene Named to Becker’s “Black Healthcare Leaders to Know” List
HASC is thrilled that Becker's Hospital Review has named George W. Greene, the association’s president and chief executive officer, to its 2023 “Black Healthcare Leaders to Know” list. The list honors Black leaders across the country for their commitment to health care. “[Their] viewpoints are crucial to the foundation of organizations, programs and partnerships that...
Welcome to New Hospital CEOs
HASC warmly welcomes our newest hospital member chief executives: Renee P. Lewis was promoted to chief executive officer of College Hospital Costa Mesa, Orange County, on January 1, 2023. She joined the organization in March 2022. Renee brings 25 years of experience in community mental health, crisis services, residential services, neurobehavioral services, applied behavioral analysis,...
Recuperative Care Forum Spurs Collaboration, Action
The Los Angeles Recuperative Care (LARC) Learning Network held its first-ever in-person event on March 23, 2023, at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport. Presented with the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) and HASC, the forum was sponsored by California Health Care Foundation, Kaiser Permanente and UniHealth Foundation. One hundred attendees representing hospitals...