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2025 Disaster Planning Conference
The 2025 Disaster Planning Conference will be in Sacramento this year. It’s sure to be as spectacular as ever.
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First Annual Health Care Impact Purchasing Award
Communities Lifting Communities and HASC invite you to apply or nominate an organization or colleague for the inaugural Health Care Impact Purchasing Award. Entries are due Friday, Aug. 1. The award ceremony, “Innovate. Include. Inspire,” will take place at the 2025 Supplier Diversity Conference, October 2 at the California Endowment, Los Angeles. The award honors...
Password Protection Coming to Hospital Association Websites
Starting this week, members of the California Hospital Association (CHA) and its regional associations — HASC, Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties and Hospital Council – Northern & Central California — will need a login and password to access most website content. With one username and password, HASC hospital members will be able...
New Initiative May Add Financial Pressure for LA Hospitals
As hospitals in California face serious threats at the federal level — including deep cuts to Medicaid — we are also seeing local efforts that, if enacted, could impose yet another costly mandate on hospitals. Recently, a petition was filed with the City of Los Angeles that would establish a citywide minimum wage for all...
Submit Job Listings to HASC
HASC will post high-demand, priority positions on our Workforce Job Portal for hospitals located in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Please use the form below to submit listings. Your listings will be shared with HASC community partners such as academic institutions, training providers and job centers with health care […]
Los Angeles Protests; County Funding and Behavioral Health
LA Situation Update Since Friday’s federal immigration raids, resulting in an estimated 120 arrests, Los Angeles has faced growing protests. Demonstrators have blocked major roadways and clashed with law enforcement, including the use of tear gas and rubber bullets. The deployment of National Guard and Marine troops has further heightened tensions across the city. As […]
Parents Get Second Chance at Life
When Arash and Stephanie Rounaghi were both diagnosed with cancer, City of Hope gave them the support and care they needed to survive, change their lifestyle and live more authentically.
Patient Overcomes Painful Vascular Condition
When JanMichael learned she had chronic venous insufficiency, she turned to Eisenhower Desert Cardiology Center for help. There, Dr. Wick’s recommendation for radiofrequency vascular ablation gave her the gift of freedom from chronic pain.
Six New Associate Members Welcomed
HASC is pleased to welcome six companies as new associate members. The cohort includes the association’s first associate diverse supplier, PearlTrans Logistics; two associate provider members; and three associate corporate members. PearlTrans Logistics El Segundo, CALorena Camargo, Chief Executive Officerhttps://pearltrans.com PearlTrans Logistics, an associate diverse supplier and minority woman-owned company, has provided medical courier services...
Kristy Regains Normalcy Through Surgery
After being diagnosed with peritoneal cancer, Kristy underwent a specialized surgical procedure at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital that helped her regain normalcy. Today, she cherishes time with family and friends and is grateful for the care she received at Cottage.