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The Hospital Association of Southern California newsroom includes media contact information and communications-related resources for hospital members. HASC’s Advocacy Department coordinates the association’s media relations. For information about HASC or to interview staff, contact Adam Blackstone, (213) 538-0761, or the regional office nearest you.

To inquire about filming on location at a regional healthcare facility, please email Margaret O’Donnell or call (213) 538-0721.

HASC Office of Communications

515 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 1300
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3300
(213) 538-0700

Adam Blackstone
Senior Vice President, Communications
(213) 538-0761

Regional Contacts

Los Angeles County
Adena Tessler
Regional Vice President
(213) 538-0703		Riverside / San Bernardino Counties
Paul Young
Chief of Advocacy and Public Policy
(213) 538-0777
Orange County
Sara May
Regional Vice President
(714) 663-0294		Santa Barbara / Ventura Counties
Audra Strickland
Regional Vice President
(805) 679-1717

ReddiNet Launches HBEDS for Near Real-time Hospital Capacity Across California

Automated statewide network replaces manual reporting, meets federal requirements and is ready to scale to other states When an emergency hits, knowing where open hospital beds are is critical. ReddiNet® has launched the Hospital Bed and Emergency Data System (HBEDS) for the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), giving healthcare and government leaders automated, near […]

CDPH Awards Multi-year HBEDS Contract to ReddiNet

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has awarded ReddiNet® a multi-year contract to provide a Hospital Bed and Emergency Medical Services Data System (HBEDS) to support compliance with Assembly Bill 177. A service of HASC, ReddiNet is a web-based emergency medical communications system. ReddiNet is currently used by 75% of California hospitals, emergency medical […]

SoCal Behavioral Health Scan: Rising Needs, Progress

HASC has released a new Comprehensive Behavioral Health Environmental Scan conducted with Health Management Associates. The report provides an updated look at behavioral health needs, system pressures and areas of progress across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The scan confirms that behavioral health needs continue to rise across the […]

LA County Hospitals: Challenges, Impact and Opportunities

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. On September 25, 2025, HASC convened leading health care stakeholders, policy makers, community members and hospital executives at the Arizona State University California Center Broadway in downtown Los Angeles for its State of the Hospitals: Los Angeles County forum. Attendees heard […]

HASC Partners with AffirmedRx, PBC, to Enhance Health Care Access and Affordability

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Contact:  Katie Marks, [email protected] HASC is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with AffirmedRx, PBC, a leading provider of transparent pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services, to further its mission of improving health care access and affordability for the communities it serves. This […]

Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week: Black Mothers and Advocates Discuss Ways to Improve Health Care in Los Angeles

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.This week, organizations, advocates, and policymakers across the nation are celebrating the fifth annual Black Maternal Health Week and furthering conversations about Black maternal health in the U.S. Last week, the White House issued a proclamation to officially recognize Black Maternal Health Week. Similarly, […]

Los Angeles Effort to Tackle Gaps in Black Maternal and Infant Health Passes Two-Year Mark as White House Issues Call to Action on Issue

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.LOS ANGELES (Dec. 16, 2021) — Communities Lifting Communities (CLC), the Public Health Alliance of Southern California (Alliance), and the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC), recently marked the end of its first, two-year cohort of Cherished Futures for Black Moms & Babies, a collaborative […]

Government-Mandated Premium Pay for Health Care Workers Fails to Recognize All Heroes

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.MESSAGE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS LOS ANGELES, CA (June 9, 2021) – Our health care workers are heroes. And we are all indebted to our essential workers and frontline caregivers who have proven their commitment by caring for over 1.2 million Los Angeles […]

Hospitals Face Steep Climb from Financial Pit Created By Pandemic

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.State and Local Policy Makers Should Support Hospitals, Not Cripple Them LOS ANGELES, CA (May 25, 2021) – In the face of extreme adversity, California’s hospitals and health care heroes have risen to the challenge time and again as the backbone of health care. Their resilience […]

Media Contact

Adam Blackstone

Senior Vice President, Communications
(213) 538-0761
[email protected]