The affiliation between Huntington Hospital and Cedars-Sinai Health System became official today, with the completion of the appropriate regulatory approvals. The affiliation will strengthen Huntington’s long-term commitment to providing affordable, accessible, high-quality care to the San Gabriel Valley.
While Huntington will continue its local governance—with its own employees, board of directors and medical staff—the affiliation with Cedars-Sinai Health System provides for a wide variety of collaborations, as well as sharing of resources and expertise. In addition, the health system has committed to investment in Huntington Hospital in many areas, including enterprise information technology, expanded ambulatory services and enhanced physician development. Huntington’s fundraising and volunteer programs will remain locally controlled.
Over the coming months, leaders from both institutions will identify potential areas for collaboration and for sharing of resources and expertise.
“This affiliation enables Huntington to continue its longstanding tradition of providing high-quality care for our community while benefitting from the expertise and resources of Cedars-Sinai to further strengthen our mission,” said Jaynie Studenmund, chair of the Huntington Hospital Board of Directors.
“Huntington Hospital’s longstanding commitment to its community, as well as its reputation for quality along with its outstanding physicians, nurses and other staff, make it an excellent fit for the Cedars-Sinai Health System,” said Vera Guerin, chair of the Cedars-Sinai Health System Board of Directors. “We are delighted to welcome Huntington Hospital to the Cedars family.”
Dr. Lori J. Morgan, CEO of Huntington noted, “Cedars-Sinai Health System has demonstrated a commitment to build on the strengths of its affiliates to advance clinical quality, provide outstanding patient care and engage with the communities it serves. Huntington will be both a strong contributor to this world-renowned, nonprofit system and enjoy the benefits of joining a larger, regional organization to preserve our legacy of compassionate, community-based care well into the future.”
“I am very impressed with the quality of care and depth of community commitment at Huntington,” said Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health System. “We are excited to collaborate with Huntington to continue and strengthen its role as the leading hospital in the San Gabriel Valley.”
About Cedars-Sinai Health System
Cedars-Sinai Health System was established in 2017 to bring together a collaborative network of high-quality healthcare institutions to share resources and expertise. Expanding patient access to convenient and affordable clinical care is a fundamental goal of the nonprofit health system. Cedars-Sinai Health System comprises: Cedars-Sinai (including the 890-bed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the 145-bed Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, a network of physicians and ambulatory services at more than 40 locations throughout Southern California); Torrance Memorial (including the 470-bed Torrance Memorial Medical Center and its network of physicians and medical offices throughout the South Bay,); Huntington Hospital (including the 619-bed Huntington Hospital with its medical offices and physician network; and joint ventures such as California Rehabilitation Institute and Cedars-Sinai Providence Tarzana Medical Center.
About Huntington Hospital
Huntington Hospital, www.huntingtonhospital.org, is a 619-bed nonprofit hospital in Pasadena, California. Learn more about us on Facebook www.facebook.com/huntingtonmemorialhospital and on Twitter @huntingtonnews.
Huntington Hospital has recently become the first community-based hospital in the greater Los Angeles area to use FlowTriever® for the treatment of pulmonary embolism. The FlowTriever® is the first mechanical thrombectomy device FDA-indicated and purpose-built for the treatment of pulmonary embolism, removing large clots from big vessels such as the pulmonary arteries without the need for thrombolytic drugs and consequent ICU stay.
A pulmonary embolism is caused when blood clots break free in the deep veins of the body and travel through the venous system to become lodged in the pulmonary arteries. The blockage of blood flow results in right heart strain as the right ventricle is unable to push blood past the clot. In severe cases, right heart failure may occur leading to a fatal event.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the leading cause of preventable hospital deaths1. Acute pulmonary embolism causes 100,000 to 180,000 deaths per year, is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death only after a heart attack and stroke2,3. Symptoms include difficulty breathing, increased heartbeat, coughing up blood, and very low blood pressure or fainting.
Anticoagulation or blood thinner is the most common treatment for pulmonary embolism. However, anticoagulation only prevents new clots from forming and will not actively breakdown existing clots. Intervention with thrombolytics (tPA) or “clot-busting” drugs help to dissolve clots for patients with intermediate-risk or high-risk pulmonary embolism. Conversely, this treatment is associated with a higher risk of major and fatal bleeding and requires an ICU stay4.
The FlowTriever® procedure is typically a one-hour, single-session procedure, performed under conscious sedation. The device’s mechanism of action is to disrupt and aspirate clot using nitinol mesh disks and large lumen aspiration Triever® catheters to rapidly remove the clot and restore blood flow.
“Inari Medical FlowTriever is an important new treatment option for intermediate to high-risk pulmonary embolism. Huntington’s patients now have a safer, less invasive option for the treatment of pulmonary embolism that can immediately relieve their symptoms and improve their vital signs,” said Nikhil Daga, MD, interventional cardiology. “Because of its low bleeding risk, immediate symptom improvement, and faster patient recovery, FlowTriever represents a new dawn in the treatment of intermediate-risk and high-risk pulmonary embolism. This is a disease of the right heart, and we are proud to be among the first interventional cardiologists in the Western U.S. to offer FlowTriever.”
Offering a full spectrum of cardiology services – including screening and diagnostic tests, advanced medical and surgical treatments, and cardiac rehabilitation and education programs – our Huntington Hospital Heart and Vascular Center provides superior care. Huntington performs 2,000 catheterizations and electrophysiology procedures, and 42,000 non-invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures each year.
As part of our constant effort to speed and strengthen care for heart patients, we are gearing up to open a new state-of-the-art heart and vascular center in late summer. Located directly above our Nan and Howard Schow Emergency & Trauma Center, the new Helen and Will Webster Heart & Vascular Center will reduce time to treatment for cardiac patients and allow us to increase the number of patients we treat by 30 percent, further healing hearts and saving lives.
If you have a cardiac condition such as a pulmonary embolism, find a cardiologist at Huntington Hospital and learn if the Inari Medical FlowTriever is the best option for your needs.
This summer, we had all hoped that we might enjoy at least some relief from the restrictions and fear associated with COVID-19. Alas, it was all too short lived. The lifting of mask regulations, summer holidays and lack of vaccination-induced herd immunity has left us vulnerable and now affected by the highly infectious and very dangerous Delta variant.
A preventable tragedy, unvaccinated individuals are at huge risk of infection with this very aggressive and lethal form of SARSCoV2. Indeed, it is in many ways a second pandemic; a newer, more ferocious pathogen ripping through the unvaccinated. Vulnerable among us are the immune impaired who may not respond to the vaccines and children who do not even have the choice for vaccination at this time. Although we are seeing cases of Delta in vaccinated persons, the vaccines are doing what we hoped and expected-to prevent serious illness and death in those infected.
It is the responsibility of all of us, including the unvaccinated, to protect those populations. Because many in our community at large are hesitating about vaccination, we will have to resort to less pleasant interventions such as masking and social distancing. We are going backwards at a time we when all so need to return to some sort of normalcy. This is not about one person, this is about all the people who surround us – our loved ones, our colleagues, our community, our country and our world.
The vaccines are safe, highly effective and will save your life. Please visit the MyTurn.ca.gov site to find a location to receive your vaccine today.
Kimberly A. Shriner, MD, Medical Director – Infection Prevention & Control, Huntington Hospital
As a designated Magnet hospital, Huntington Hospital is a recognized leader in nursing excellence. Every day, our nurses go above and beyond for our patients, and we are proud to recognize them for their efforts. Huntington Hospital’s April DAISY Award winner Haley Keavy, FBC, was nominated by a colleague who wrote the following:
Haley recently cared for a young patient who received tragic news at the beginning of her shift. She handled this patients care with elegance, compassion, and dignity. Haley graciously went above and beyond to make sure the patient and partners feelings, concerns, and beliefs were addressed and respected. Haley prayed with her patient. She placed together a special memory box for her patient that contained unique mementos and a beautiful, signed card. The patient stated that Haley was truly a godsend and emphasized she could not have done this without the love, support, encouragement, and empowerment Haley gave. She exceeded beyond the call of her nursing duty. I have known Haley since she started as a new graduate and have witnessed her blossom into a compassionate, enthusiastic, and extraordinary nurse.
Congratulations, Haley, for your well-deserved DAISY Award! For more information about the DAISY Award, please visit www.huntingtonhospital.com/daisyform.
As a designated Magnet hospital, Huntington Hospital is a recognized leader in nursing excellence. Every day, our nurses go above and beyond for our patients, and we are proud to recognize them for their efforts. Huntington Hospital’s March DAISY Award winner, Hui Juan Qin (Lily), RN, was nominated by a patient who wrote the following:
Unexpected complications occurred from a procedure, when Lily introduced herself and it was clear that someone special would be helping me. She was the tonic necessary to get me on the road to recovery. Here is what she possesses: excellent spirit, exudes energy, team player and gets along with her team. There are no short cuts, requests made were always met with a smile and delivered gingerly. She is thorough and remembers meds, stays on schedule & follows up with the pharmacy & physicians. While this isn’t a sizzling depiction of a nurse, what you do have is a hero that delivers without fanfare and does so cheerfully with speed and good expertise and accuracy. Huntington is fortunate to have her, she is compassionate and give from her kind heart, no task is too big.
Congratulations, Lily, for your well-deserved DAISY Award! For more information about the award, please visit www.huntingtonhospital.com/daisyform.
May 6-12 marks National Nurses Week, a stretch of time where we as a nation celebrate our precious, compassionate caregivers. With deep appreciation and respect for our nurses’ resilience throughout the pandemic, Huntington Hospital is offering all 1,357 of our nurses a month of events centered on self-care.
Amidst a number of revitalizing activities, inspirational keynotes and resilience workshops will be hosted by trainer and speaker Jean Steel from Happy People Win. Also, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Gloria Sanchez-Rico, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, will conduct several well-being town halls. Many nursing rounds will be devoted to celebrating nurses as well. And to top it off, a two-part Wellness Fair will deliver vital resources to staff.
Although healing the wounds of the pandemic will take time, our nurses have stayed strong and shown unbelievable resilience. Even in the midst of battling COVID-19, our nurses secured their third American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet designation, a monumental accomplishment in any year.
We thank our incredible nurses for consistently supporting patients and each other in innovative and compassionate ways. We hope this month of self-care resources will lift the spirits and celebrate each and every one of you!
If you would like to recognize a Huntington nurse or employee, please tag @HuntingtonHospital on social media (Facebook, Instagram & Twitter) with #ThankYouHuntington.
Asok Doraiswamy, MD, Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery, Huntington Hospital
Huntington Hospital is proud to be recognized by Anthem Blue Cross with a Blue Distinction® Centers for Bariatric Surgery designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show a commitment to delivering high quality patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community and leading accreditation and quality organizations.
The Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery program provides a full range of bariatric surgery care; including surgical care, post-operative care, outpatient follow-up care, and patient education.
Bariatric surgeries are among the most common elective surgeries in the U.S. — with more than 252,000 bariatric surgeries performed in 2018 based on a report from the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).[1] Furthermore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 42.7 percent of U.S. adults and 18.5 percent of youth are obese and are impacted by obesity-related health conditions.[2] With obesity reaching epidemic levels among U.S. adults, a significant opportunity exists to improve quality care for bariatric surgeries within the national healthcare system.
Huntington Hospital is proud to be recognized by Anthem Blue Cross for meeting the rigorous Blue Distinction Center quality selection criteria for bariatric surgery set by the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.
“We are proud to be recognized by Anthem Blue Cross for meeting the rigorous Blue Distinction Center quality selection criteria for bariatric surgery set by the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program,” said Asok Doraiswamy, MD, medical director, bariatric surgery, Huntington Hospital. “This designation is a reflection of Huntington’s dedicated and skilled team of bariatric physicians, nurses and staff, who – through a wide range of services – help bring a healthier lifestyle to our patients every day. It’s truly life-changing.”
The annual healthcare spend on obesity and obesity-related conditions expected is expected to rise by 2030, if the rate of obesity in the U.S. continues to climb.3 Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severely obese patients because it allows for substantial, sustained weight loss, which leads to, improves, or resolves obesity-related co-morbidities like type 2 diabetes. On average, healthcare costs were reduced by 29 percent within five years following bariatric surgery, due to the reduction or elimination of obesity-related conditions, based on findings by ASMBS.
To receive a Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery designation, a healthcare facility must demonstrate success in meeting patient safety measures as well as bariatric-specific quality measures, including complication and readmission rate for laparoscopic procedures in sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, and adjustable gastric band. All designated facilities must also be nationally accredited at both the facility and bariatric program-specific levels.
“The Blue Distinction program is another example of Anthem Blue Cross’ commitment to ensuring our members have access to high-quality specialty care delivered safely and effectively though our in-network providers,” said Dr. John Yao, senior chief medical officer at Anthem Blue Cross. “We commend Huntington Hospital on its designation as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery.”
Since 2006, the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program has helped patients find quality specialty care in the areas of bariatric surgery, cancer care, cardiac care, cellular immunotherapy, fertility care, gene therapy, knee and hip replacement, maternity care, spine surgery, substance use treatment and recovery, and transplants, while encouraging healthcare professionals to improve the care they deliver. Research shows that, compared to other healthcare facilities, those designated as Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate better quality and improved outcomes for patients.
For more information about the program and for a complete listing of designated facilities, visit www.bcbs.com/bluedistinction.
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[3]Wang, Y. C., McPherson, K., Marsh, T., Gortmaker, S. L., & Brown, M. (2011). Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK. Lancet (London, England), 378(9793), 815–825. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60814-3
Today, Huntington Hospital announced that community leader Mei-Lee Ney and physician Peter Rosenberg, MD, have been elected new board members, and Sharon Arthofer and R. Scott Jenkins have been elected as returning board members.
“I’m so pleased to welcome Mei-Lee, Dr. Rosenberg, Sharon and Scott to the board of directors,” said Lori J. Morgan, MD, MBA, president and CEO, Huntington Hospital. “Each of these individuals bring deep knowledge and perspective to our board. I’m grateful for their commitment to advancing compassionate, excellent health care in our community, particularly in these unprecedented times.”
Mei-Lee Ney
Mei-Lee is currently president of Richard Ney & Associates, Asset Management, Inc., an investment advisory firm in Pasadena and she also serves on the Board of Councilors of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and the Board of USC Pacific Asia Museum, and is a Governor on the Board of The Huntington Library, Art Museums, and Botanical Gardens. She is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Otis College of Art and Design. Mei-Lee is active in a wide range of community and non-profit organizations, including the Music Center, L.A. Opera, Caltech Associates and the Pasadena Educational Foundation and was past president of The Town Club.
Peter Rosenberg, MD
Also joining the board is chief-elect of Huntington Hospital’s medical staff, Peter Rosenberg, MD, who will begin his two-year term before his election as the next chief of medical staff in 2023. Dr. Rosenberg grew up in the Chicago area. He attended Harvard College, where he graduated Magna cum laude in History and Science. He went on to Harvard Medical School, and then completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology/Hepatology, both at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since 2004, he has been practicing gastroenterology and hepatology in Pasadena as a proud member of Alliance Digestive Disease Consultants and of the medical staff at Huntington Hospital. In addition to taking care of patients and serving on multiple committees at the hospital, he has been active in teaching medical residents at Huntington Hospital. Professionally, his interests include quality improvement; medical education; care of underserved populations; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the history of medicine.
Sharon Arthofer
As a returning Huntington Hospital board member, Sharon Arthofer began her career in New York in marketing for Nestle and Time Inc. Moving to California in 1992, Sharon has worked with start-up quick serve restaurant (QSR) businesses including launching a national franchise chain. She continues to work with and develop new concepts in the QSR business focusing on business strategy, standards of excellence and optimum operational performance. In addition, Sharon and her husband, Frank, invest in and develop residential and commercial real estate in Southern California and throughout the country. Sharon previously served on the board of Foothill Family Services and her community involvement has included volunteering at the schools her children attended – Clairbourn School and Flintridge Prep, as well as volunteering in various Los Angeles philanthropies. She also is deeply involved with breast cancer awareness and research.
Scott Jenkins
In addition, Scott Jenkins is also returning to the board of directors. He is a partner at Hahn & Hahn LLP, specializing in corporate and real estate matters, including general business advice, entity formation and operation, real estate acquisition, leasing and financing, land use planning and development services. Prior to joining Hahn & Hahn, Scott was Vice President of Tuttle & Taylor. Scott has been a volunteer with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association since 1982, serving as president for the 125th Rose Parade and 100th Rose Bowl Game in 2014. In addition, Scott also serves as a director of Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries. He is a member of the San Marino City Club, Twilight Club, Pasadena Rotary Club, and Caltech Associates. Scott is a past President of the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, the San Marino Schools Foundation, the San Marino Unified School District, and the San Marino Community Church Foundation.
LOS ANGELES–March 30, 2021—Huntington Hospital and Cedars-Sinai today filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the California Department of Justice and the Office of the Attorney General.
The suit challenges unprecedented conditions imposed by the Attorney General that would jeopardize Huntington’s and Cedars-Sinai’s ability to meet the community’s need for access to coordinated, specialized healthcare; lower costs; and provide resources needed for Huntington Hospital to continue critical clinical programs and services for its patients.
The proposed affiliation was announced in March 2020.
Affiliations between hospitals have become more common in recent years in response to increased demand for coordinated healthcare and access to specialized services. They also enable cost savings due to shared resources. Without affiliation, standalone hospitals such as Huntington face significant obstacles to their long-term ability to serve the community.
The Attorney General approved Huntington’s affiliation with Cedars-Sinai in December 2020—but only if Huntington and Cedars-Sinai accept so-called “competitive impact” conditions. The lawsuit emphasizes that these unprecedented conditions would put Huntington and its patients at a distinct disadvantage compared to any other hospital in the region.
“We are shocked at the unprecedented over-reach of the conditions being imposed,” said Lori J. Morgan, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Huntington Hospital. “Rather than benefitting our community, the conditions primarily benefit health insurance companies,” Morgan said.
One of the conditions puts price caps on Huntington’s rates to insurance companies for at least 10 years, without any requirement that the insurance companies pass their savings on to consumers. Another condition forces Huntington and Cedars-Sinai to submit to insurance companies’ demands for “winner-take-all” arbitration in contract negotiations any time that an insurance company wants to do so. No other hospital in California is subject to such conditions.
“This unlevel playing field jeopardizes Huntington’s and Cedars-Sinai’s future ability to provide access to quality care for the many communities we serve—and those who rely on us for life-saving care when it’s needed most,” Morgan said.
Under California law, proposed affiliations of nonprofit hospitals are subject to approval by the California Attorney General’s office, which may impose conditions to protect the availability or accessibility of health care services in affected communities. Huntington and Cedars-Sinai worked cooperatively with the Attorney General to identify appropriate conditions to ensure the provision of continued, high-quality care to their respective patient communities. These include commitments to maintain operations and services, make major investments in capital improvements, maintain access to care for reproductive health services and ensure that there is no discrimination against LGBTQ individuals.
However, the Attorney General added the unprecedented “competitive impact” conditions, despite the fact that the Federal Trade Commission’s analysis of the proposed affiliation did not find any concern that the affiliation would lessen competition. The Attorney General’s office has never imposed such conditions on any previous nonprofit hospital affiliation.
Thomas M. Priselac, Cedars-Sinai’s president and CEO, noted that the commonly used measure of market competition—relied on by the Federal Trade Commission and others—showed that the Huntington affiliation would not lessen competition, because there is almost no overlap between Huntington’s service area and Cedars-Sinai’s.
The Attorney General’s office relied on an unvalidated academic theory called “cross-market effects.” This theory assumes that, following an affiliation, Huntington and Cedars-Sinai might engage in “all-or-nothing” negotiations with health insurance companies, forcing an insurance company to accept the same terms for both Cedars-Sinai and Huntington.
But Cedars-Sinai and Huntington do not engage in “all-or-nothing” negotiations and they proposed to the Attorney General’s office that they would agree not to engage in such negotiations with insurance companies for at least 10 years. The Attorney General’s office rejected this proposal even though its own expert’s “cross-market effect” analysis confirmed that such a commitment would remove any concerns regarding competition.
The proposed affiliation is intended to strengthen and maintain Huntington’s 128-year legacy, and to preserve its unique culture as a community institution governed by a local board, with its own employees and medical staff. In addition, philanthropy and volunteer support will remain locally controlled, serving Huntington Hospital and its existing community.
Morgan and Priselac said they believe that today’s action will enable the affiliation to proceed in a manner that meets the region’s healthcare needs now and in the future.
About Huntington Hospital
Huntington Hospital, www.huntingtonhospital.org, is a 619-bed not-for-profit hospital in Pasadena, California. We are named among the top hospitals in California and nationally ranked in two specialties by U.S. News & World Report. Learn more about us on Facebook www.facebook.com/huntingtonmemorialhospital and on Twitter @huntingtonnews.
About Cedars-Sinai Health System
Cedars-Sinai Health System was established in 2017 to bring together a collaborative network of high-quality healthcare institutions to share resources and expertise. Expanding patient access to convenient and affordable clinical care is a fundamental goal of the health system. Currently, the Cedars-Sinai Health System comprises Cedars-Sinai (which includes the 890-bed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the 145-bed Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital), joint ventures with California Rehabilitation Institute and Cedars-Sinai Providence Tarzana Medical Center, as well as its network of physicians and ambulatory services at more than 40 locations throughout Southern California and Torrance Memorial (which includes the 470-bed Torrance Memorial Medical Center, its network of physicians and medical offices throughout the South Bay). The institutions in the health system serve nearly 2 million people each year.
As a designated Magnet hospital, Huntington Hospital is a recognized leader in nursing excellence. Every day, our nurses go above and beyond for our patients, and we are proud to recognize them for their efforts. Huntington Hospital’s February DAISY Award winner Ching-Chun (Jessy) Lin, RN, was nominated by an employee who wrote the following:
Jessy’s passion for nursing shines through. One particular instance that stands out to me was when I had a gut feeling that my patient was going to crash. I knew something was wrong but was not sure what. Jessy took one look at the patient and the chart and immediately told me what orders needed to be obtained and the reason behind it. After the orders were received, Jessy stayed in the room for over an hour helping me stabilize the patient, administer meds, start a new IV and eventually transfer the patient to a higher level of care. I am forever grateful for Jessy’s presence that night and every other night.
It is evident that after all these years as a nurse, Jessy’s passion for nursing has not faded. She always has an upbeat attitude towards patients and staff members and brings life to our night shift. She treats every patient as if they are her family. Whenever a nurse needs help, she doesn’t ask what needs to be done; she jumps right in and starts helping. Nurses like Jessy embody what it means to be a passionate and caring nurse.
Congratulations, Jessy, for your well-deserved DAISY Award! For more information about the award, please visit www.huntingtonhospital.com/daisyform.
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