California Edition
February 9 When Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., made one of job on Jan. 3, and is paid an annual salary of
his rst public appearances after assuming the $355,000. He had been the Supervisors’
helm of the Los Angeles County Department unanimous pick to replace Bruce Chernof,
<3/*0!9441(2!'(22/(=/.)!8(*)!8-4>)*)4?)@! of Health Services earlier this month, he M.D., who left the post in May 2008.
'(?/>/?!'(2H+!E-=)2!(40!8-4>)*)4?)! possessed features never seen by his The 51-year-old Ivy League-trained
8)4=)*6!8/=&!->!N401+=*&@!T/22!0/+?1++!=3)! predecessors: a multi-day growth of beard, physician had been head of the San Francisco
1+)!->!-1=D(=/)4=!?(*)!(40!/4=)5*(=)0!
+&=)H+6!(H-45!-=3)*!=-D/?+@!I"##LI"Q#@!! green khakis, tennis shoes, a Department of Health since
loose tie and a blue blazer 1997. He has been widely
82/?C!E)*)!M-*!A-*)!N4>-*H(=/-4 whose vents were resolutely lauded for establishing
pinned together. Healthy San Francisco, the
And while Katz’s nation’s rst universal public
presentation at the California health insurance plan.
February 23 Endowment on Monday “While Dr. Katz has
began with his hugging its experience in running a major
President Robert K. Ross, urban public healthcare
98:+;!<3)!).-21=/-4!->!3)(2=3?(*)! M.D., before taking the system, he also has the vision
0)2/.)*&@!A(**/-==!B1*%(4C!9/*D-*=!E-=)2@! podium, he nonetheless laid Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., speaking and passion to steer the L.A.
FD-4+-*)0!%&!=3)!8(2/>-*4/(!9++-?/(=/-4!->! out an agenda that was Monday in Los Angeles. County Department of Health
E)(2=3!'2(4+6!=3/+!).)4=!140)*=(C)+!(! anything but mellow: he Services to meet the
=)?34/?(2!./)G!->!98:+!>*-H!=3)!D(&)*!
+=(40D-/4=@!IJKLI"##. wants to remake the nation’s second-largest challenges and opportunities posed by
public health system and overcome the national health reform,” said Los Angeles
82/?C!E)*)!M-*!A-*)!N4>-*H(=/-4 sometimes rigid bureaucracy that likely played County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.
a role in keeping the post vacant for nearly Katz, who spoke for only 15 minutes but
two years. elded questions from the audience for about
February 24-25 “Is there a structural reason that Los an hour, laid out his plans for DHS in the
Angeles County can’t have the best safety net coming months and years.
system in the country?” Katz asked the He observed that the recently approved
audience, primarily members of the Los Medi-Cal waiver and impending federal
9441(2!E)(2=3?(*)!M-*)?(+=!8-4>)*)4?)@!
F?3--2!->!O45/4))*/456!P4/.)*+/=&!->! Angeles Chamber of Commerce. “The answer healthcare reform – which are expected to add
8(2/>-*4/(6!N*./4)@!M-*)?(+=+!->!3-G!=3)! is no. The point is, we have to gure out millions of Californians to the Medi-Cal rolls
3)(2=3?(*)!/401+=*&!G/22!>(*)!>*-H!%-=3! where we want to go.” and could have Medi-Cal managed care plans
D*/.(=)!+)?=-*!(40!5-.)*4H)4=!->>/?/(2+@! Katz, appointed by the L.A. County Board
IQKKLIRSK@! of Supervisors in December, began his new
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In Brief
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
the use of fossil fuels at the sites by
slightly more than a third. They We want to set the record straight about an currently under construction. !More than $3
will initially be operated on natural opinion article that unfairly charged the billion in hospital projects have also been
gas, although they may be operated
Ofce of Statewide Health Planning and approved by OSHPD, and they would
on methane gas derived from
landfills or manure. Development (OSHPD) with holding up certainly generate jobs and help revitalize
"Kaiser Permanente recognizes hospital construction projects in California (“Is communities, but for reasons completely
the health of the environment OSHPD an Obstacle to Growth?,” Jan. 20). It’s outside the state’s control, these projects sit
directly affects individual and simply not accurate to say that the state is idle. !!Further, OSHPD’s efforts can only
community health," said Kathy
Gerwig, vice president and impeding growth when billions of dollars in address half of the length of time it takes to
environmental stewardship officer projects have been approved but are stalled approve a plan, as plans are typically with the
at Kaiser Permanente. "By because of inaction by hospital builders, not builder’s design team 50%-60% of the time
expanding the use of cleaner anything the state has done. during the plan review process. Design teams
energy technologies such as fuel
Unsafe hospital buildings can kill people need to hold up their end of the bargain as
cells, we're demonstrating our
commitment to greening our during earthquakes. Further, these buildings well, returning plans back to OSHPD in a
energy portfolio and reducing our are expected to withstand an earthquake so timely way so we can turn them back around
carbon footprint." that they can remain open to treat the injured as quickly as possible.
during such a disaster. We will continue to We stand by our record of assisting
insist that hospitals buildings are built to save hospitals to design and construct buildings
Wright Joins Payers &
lives, and we are doing everything in our that will ensure public safety in California,
Providers Editorial power to expedite the state approval process. which has the most active and heavily
Board OSHPD has implemented numerous populated seismic zones in the nation. We
enhancements, such as expedited plan review hope that hospitals will take steps to
Anthony Wright, the executive procedures, launched a Web-based tracking commence construction of the projects that
director of Oakland-based Health
system, implemented urgency regulations have already been approved, and continue to
Access California, has joined the
editorial board of Payers & allowing hospitals to take advantage of work in partnership with us to move plans
Providers’ California edition. alternative seismic compliance options, and forward quickly and effectively.
The addition of Wright, who is worked collaboratively with entities
based in Sacramento, makes him authorized to use the Design-Build model as a David M. Carlisle, M.D., PH.D.
the second Northern California to
join the editorial board. method to speed project delivery. !Over $5.5 Director, Ofce of Statewide Health
Established in 1987, Health billion of OSHPD approved projects are Planning & Development
Access has advocated on a variety
of health issues for consumers in
California, particularly the
expansion of healthcare coverage COO/CFO COMPENSATION
for its more than 8 million
residents who lack insurance.
Wright, who previously served
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for advocacy in California, and I
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Our Fear-Driven Regulatory Realm
'(&)*+!,!'*-./0)*+!/+! One Event, Not Day-to-Day Reality, Pushed SB 1953
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778@!A4!(441(2!/40/./01(2! As the CEO of a small Los Angeles County though the aftereffects on the families of
+1%+B*/>C/-4!/+!DEE!(!&)(*! hospital who has dealt in the past with the those who die from these understated killers
FD$=E!/4!%12G!1>!C-!$#! Office of Statewide Health Planning and are no less devastating.
+1%+B*/%)*+H@!<C!/+!0)2/.)*)0!%&! Development, I read Jim Lott’s recent Similarly, when fear of catastrophe sets
)I:(/2!(+!(!'JK!(CC(B3:)4C6! opinion “Is OSHPD an Obstacle to the tone for policy, funding is often funneled
-*!(+!(4!)2)BC*-4/B!4)L+2)CC)*@ Growth?’ with great interest. Mr. Lott’s away from its most deserving targets. The idea
astute recap of both the potential behind SB for SB 1953 came about after a 6.7 magnitude
1953’s initial design and the corresponding earthquake in Los Angeles County, California
shortcomings in its deployment killed 72 people in January 1994.
A22!(0.)*C/+/456!+1%+B*/%)*!(40! was in my opinion insightful. Seventeen years later, hospitals
)0/C-*/(2!/4M1/*/)+N However, to cast the blame across California are spending
entirely on OSHPD is not their part of the estimated $90 to
FOPPH!"=OI";Q# necessarily fair, especially when $120 dollars to ensure they meet
/4R-S>(&)*+(40>*-./0)*+@B-: it comes to state-mandated the seismic safety requirements
seismic safety standards. In mandated by the state legislature,
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marshaling all California regardless of their day-to-day
O$O!U@!V-22&L--0!W(&6!X1/C)!Y hospitals in the direction of SB fiscal health. While the
Y1*%(4G6!8A!E$Z#Z 1953, OSHPD has been charged Northridge Earthquake
with a Herculean task, which has unquestionably caused
W)%+/C) been compounded by our current tremendous damage to Southern
LLL@>(&)*+(40>*-./0)*+@B-: economic climate. With such California, the proposed price tag
K(B)%--G responsibility thrust upon the By Craig when broken down runs about $1.7
shoulders of an underfunded,
LLL@R(B)%--G@B-:[>(&)*+>*-./0)*+
understaffed department, efficiency
B. Garner billion per fatality.
As an administrator, it is confusing to
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LLL@CL/CC)*@B-:[>(&)*+>*-./0)*+ was certainly never a priority in the me that America’s healthcare is so
minds of its makers. Furthermore, as often dictated by the aftereffects of an
important as this role may be, upon aberrant, high profile tragedy, while more
reflection it stems in large part from the subtle yet more prolific killers go largely
fear generated by a high-profile tragedy and unpublicized as their cures remain
\0/C-*/(2!Y-(*0 the arguable overreaction of state underfunded and their victims die without
policymakers and popular media. Too often fanfare, or essential earmarked funds are
XC).)4!?@!9(2)4C/4)6!'*)+/0)4C6! after these events the course of healthcare rerouted to assuage tomorrow’s fears.
?3)!8(:0)4!]*-1>
shifts its aim away from the big picture to Certainly seismic compatibility is a goal
^-++!]-20%)*56!<::)0/(C)!'(+C! dwell on anomaly, often to the detriment of worth attaining, but in these troubled
83(/*:(46!7-+!^-%2)+!V-+>/C(2!,! both patients and providers. economic times as hospitals both large and
T)0/B(2!8)4C)* To be certain, the isolated events that small struggle to keep their doors open to a
capture our attention are often devastating, dependent public, it certainly does not hurt to
A4C3-4&!W*/53C6!\_)B1C/.)! tearing apart families, communities, even understand the origins of this expensive
J/*)BC-*6!V)(2C3!ABB)++!8(2/R-*4/(! cities. In early January an angry, disturbed overhaul, and question whether these funds
young man killed six with his gun. Some of would be better spent on preserving the
V)4*&!7-1%)C6!83/)R!XC*(C)5&! the victims were high profile and others quotidian rather than planning for a possible
`RR/B)*6!a))4(4 were tragically young. As the fallout from catastrophe. By 2015 all functioning
this shooting captured the nation’s California hospitals should be prepared for
spotlight, significant focus centered on the Great Shock, but how many will remain
episodes of unidentified bipolar disorder to be left standing, regardless of the whims of
'1%2/+3)*[\0/C-*I/4I83/)R
and schizophrenia. Mental health experts mother nature?
^-4!X3/4G:(4 trumpet the warning signs of illness leading
)0/C-*S>(&)*+(40>*-./0)*+@B-: to such a violent event much like Craig B. Garner is the chief executive officer
Californians speak of “The Big One,” even of Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk.
though less than 0.004% of the U.S.
population is likely to die from firearms
Op-ed submissions of up to 600 words are
each year. When this occurs, the spotlight welcomed. Please e-mail proposals to
is shifted away from more prevalent threats editor@payersandproviders.com,
such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease,
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