Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D., president and CEO of MemorialCare, a leading Southern California nonprofit integrated health system, has been named chairman of Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), a national alliance of leading healthcare organizations from all health sectors.
Under Dr. Arbuckle’s leadership, MemorialCare – with over 200 sites of care and more than 12,000 employees has experienced unprecedented growth and is considered an industry leader in evidence-based medicine, value-based provider networks, and innovative partnerships. He is past chair of California Hospital Association, March of Dimes-California and Integrated Healthcare Association.
“We are fortunate to have a visionary leader like Barry Arbuckle with a sustained record of success in delivering quality healthcare leading our organization,” said HLC president Mary R. Grealy. “What he has built at MemorialCare aligns with our objectives – bringing greater value to the healthcare system, utilizing data to
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The causes: Loss of cash flow from elective and non-emergency procedures, as well as the tremendous costs of intensive treatment and increased staffing needed to care for patients who might spend weeks to months in intensive care units. The problem appears to be worst in areas of the state hit hardest by the pandemic, especially where they intersect with rural populations and high rates of government-sponsored insurance like Medicare and Medi-Cal. These public insurers typically reimburse hospitals at lower rates for care than commercial insurance networks.
This week’s COVID-19 update dives into the findings of the report, featuring Carmela Coyle, president of the California Hospital Association, and Gary Herbst, CEO of Kaweah Health Medical Center in Visalia.
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(Bloomberg Businessweek) A recall of an electrosurgical device wouldnât normally cause panic for Ilir Kullolli. As the director of clinical technology and biomedical engineering at a hospital in California, his job is to calmly orchestrate service and repairs so doctorsâand patientsânever notice when a piece of technology is down.
(Bloomberg Businessweek) A recall of an electrosurgical device wouldnât normally cause panic for Ilir Kullolli. As the director of clinical technology and biomedical engineering at a hospital in California, his job is to calmly orchestrate service and repairs so doctorsâand patientsânever notice when a piece of technology is down.
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California hospital leaders seek legislative reprieve for industry broken by COVID-19
Sacramento Bee 4/30/2021 Cathie Anderson, The Sacramento Bee
Apr. 30 The COVID-19 pandemic has left a majority of California s hospitals financially challenged, unstable and in some cases, broken, while proposed and existing state regulations are pushing them further over the brink, said the CEO of California s top hospital trade group.
Speaking to media in a conference call Wednesday, Carmela Coyle of the California Hospital Association said 58% of the state s hospitals operated in the red in 2020, up from 40% a year earlier, according to a financial analysis released by health-care management consultant Kaufman Hall. Coyle cited statistics but also asked hospital chiefs from El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, Enloe Medical Center in Chico and UC San Diego Health to join the call and report on how the challenges of the past year affected each of their