Each May during National Nurses Month, HASC honors all the front-line caregivers who serve as the heart of compassionate, high-quality care in our communities. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you! In honor of this special month, we’re pleased to partner with OpusVi to offer Shift Strong: Navigating Stress, Sleep and Survival in Modern Nursing...
HASC recently cosigned an L.A. Care Health Plan letter urging congressional leaders to protect Medicaid by opposing proposed cuts. The May 1 letter included signatures from a coalition of business and health care leaders across Southern California. The stakeholders warned that federal changes could strip California of $10 to 20 billion each year in Medicaid...
About EMS Corps Over the past 10 years, the U.S. has faced a growing lack of emergency medical technicians (EMTs), now at a crisis level. EMS Corps, a national leader in addressing the shortage, partners with HASC to provide career pathways to young people facing barriers to employment. This innovative program is rooted in the...
HASC is pleased to welcome Michael J. Ditoro, PharmD, as chief executive officer for Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs. In this role, he leads the largest hospital in Desert Care Network, home to the Coachella Valley’s only Level 1 Trauma Center. Ditoro joined Desert Regional as chief operating officer in 2018 and was promoted...
The Eligibility on Site (EOS) program provides participating facilities with on-site Medi-Cal certification on a full- or part-time basis. Eligible patients can be interviewed and enrolled on site, either before treatment or after discharge, cutting red tape and securing appropriate reimbursements much more quickly. EOS now outstations 49 eligibility specialists at 58 provider locations in...
Early Outreach and Referral Program The Bridges Prenatal to Three Network (Bridges Network) supports children’s success by identifying health and developmental concerns during the critical first years of life, and by providing families with education, screening, and linkage to services including referrals for home visitation services by public health nurses and other professional staff. Selected...
HASC is committed to the well-being of our member hospitals and your staff. We recognize that resilient, healthy employees are a workforce asset every day. We know that health care workers can undergo stress, anxiety, grief and burnout as they care for patients. This stress and exhaustion may be especially true as the health care field continues facing staffing shortages....