(L-R) Donna Duperron, President & CEO, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce; Santiago Munoz, Chief Strategy Officer, UCLA Health; Garry Olney, Chief Executive, Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers, Torrance and San Pedro; Sally Eberhard, Senior Vice President, Torrance Memorial Medical Center; Serena Josel, Assistant Director, Public Affairs and Integrated Brand Communication, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center; Tara O'Brien, D
irector of Public Affairs, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center
; Jac Folkert, Area Director, Marketing & Community Outreach, UCLA Health.
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Chamber Convenes Healthcare Leaders
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What a powerful and informative morning!
Health care organizations today are facing a variety of challenges that are forcing them to redefine the very way they do business - from focusing on heads in beds to delivering high quality, low cost and highly reliable care.
Yesterday, the business community listened intently as the leadership of four health care organizations addressed questions on single payer, prescription drug pricing, vaping, homelessness and food insecurity, mental health, digital health, and value based care, among others.
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Signature Event!
Jan. 29th, 7:30am
Jan. 30th, 3:00pm
Feb. 7th, 8:00am
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Chamber members and community members alike were able to peruse the booths at 'Navigating the Intersection of Business & Healthcare' event, which featured booths from UCLA Health, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center, Providence Little Company of Mary, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Dave & Busters, and Malaga Bank. Each booth had informational brochures and free gifts available.
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MERIT Program's January session major hit with students & mentors!
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The MERIT (Mentor) program partners together Chamber members and students from Torrance High School. This gives the students opportunities to learn from each mentor’s career knowledge, community involvement and life experience. The high school students are shown variety of career paths through guest speakers focused on relevant topics. Most recently, the January session was all about listening skills and learning about one another. The Chamber organized fun activities throughout this session, including a game where the individuals were each given questions to ask one another and at the end, they had to introduce their mentor or student to the whole room. The room was full of laughter and genuine interactions!
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California has so much money for these programs it can’t spend it fast enough
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Even as he announced plans to spend
$222 billion in next year’s budget
, Gov. Gavin Newsom noted billions of dollars for kindergarten, housing and mental health programs allocated in past years that still haven’t been spent.
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Forum to Bring Together Top City Council Candidates of Three Torrance Districts
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The Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present an opportunity to hear from the Torrance City Council Candidates for Districts 2, 4, & 6! This moderated discussion will feature the most relevant questions facing our communities today and give candidates George Chen, Geoff Rizzo, Sue Herbers, Sharon Kalani, Andrew DeBlock, and Mike Griffiths the chance to share their vision should they be elected to City Council. Do your part as a voting citizen and attend this forum - for only $15!
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Medi-Cal’s Very Big Decade
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Medi-Cal had a big decade. The number of Californians enrolled in the state’s health insurance program for low-income residents swelled by 5.5 million from 2010 to 2019. It now covers 1 in 3 Californians and 40% of children. The program’s annual budget — a combination of state and federal money — tops $100 billion, more than the entire state budget of
Florida
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