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Election Dates
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September 20: National Voter Registration Day
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October 10: County Elections Offices Begin Mailing Ballots
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October 10: Ballot Drop Boxes Open
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October 24: Last Day to Register to Vote
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October 2: Vote Early Day
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Share Your Voice: Take the Employee Engagement Survey by October 3
AltaMed President and CEO Cástulo de la Rocha sent a memo on Monday, September 12 introducing the Employee Engagement Survey. A separate email was then sent to each eligible employee by Press Ganey with a unique link to the survey—take the survey!
The anonymous and confidential survey was sent to both full- and part-time regular and temporary employees (Active and On Leave) who have been employed at AltaMed on or before Tuesday, July 26, 2022. The survey runs from Monday, September 12 through Monday, October 3 and should only take about 15 – 20 minutes to complete. Your participation and honesty in past surveys made it possible for our organization to provide the AltaMed Living Wage; additional holidays off; increased tuition support; salary adjustments; and workforce development opportunities. Please continue to share your voice—we want to hear from you.
If you did not receive the email from Press Ganey, click here and follow the below process:
- Enter the last five digits of your social security number, followed by your four-digit birth year (no spaces).
- For example, if your social security number is 123-45-6789 and your birth year is 1983, then your survey password will be: 567891983.
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Get Set for Open Enrollment!
The Open Enrollment period for AltaMed is coming soon. This is your annual opportunity to review, enroll in, or make changes to your benefit plans, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverages. During this period, you will also be able to add or drop coverage for eligible dependents.
Don’t miss important information regarding enrollment dates, required documentation, and more. Update your employee profile to consent to receiving text messages throughout the Open Enrollment window.
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Log in to PlanSource and click on Welcome.
- Go to Communications Preferences, then click on the Consent button to accept text messages on the cellphone number listed.
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Free Flu Shots Available
Free flu vaccines are now available to all AltaMed employees. Vaccinators are onsite at select clinics. Appointments are not necessary during this time, so take full advantage of having vaccinators available to you—and get the shot, not the flu.
All employees who receive their flu vaccine by Monday, October 31 will be entered in our annual flu raffle. Winners will be announced in November.
What to Do:
Contact Employee Health to schedule an appointment. Look for additional information on the home page of Town Square.
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Special Nursing Opportunity Offered by the University of La Verne
The University of La Verne has reserved 20 spots for AltaMed RN nurses wanting to earn their BSN. Enrollment is happening now for its fall and spring 2022 online Bachelor of Nursing: RN to BSN degree program. Qualified AltaMed applicants are eligible for a special tuition rate and other benefits. The University is committing to a partnership award and scholarship award equaling $7,200.
AltaMed nurses may be eligible for tuition reimbursement, where AltaMed will pay the University directly once a nurse has been admitted into the program. The program is designed specifically for working registered nurses and offers multiple advantages over other RN-to-BSN programs. As part of the University of La Verne’s College of Health and Community Well-Being, these include:
- A focus on teaching how health inequities and social determinants can have a negative impact on individual and population health in order to improve outcomes;
- Teaching nurses how to improve health outcomes through improved cultural awareness, sensitivity and agility as our population increasingly grows in diversity;
- A focus on teaching leadership skills and the vital role of informatics in nursing care;
- Ability to use four electives toward a concentration of interest to the nursing students;
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Ability to apply three of the courses in this degree program toward a Master in Public Health if there is a desire to advance to a master’s degree.
The online program includes 11 courses students can take in eight-week sessions, year-round around their work schedules. Start the application process or contact an admissions counselor at fgriscavage@laverne.edu.
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Order Your Grow Pink Shirt by September 15
Show your support for breast cancer awareness by wearing the new AltaMed Grow Pink 2022 T-shirt on Fridays and on clinic mobile mammography days in October. All orders must be submitted no later than Thursday, September 15.
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Health Services clinic staff, click here.
- Username: Your entire AltaMed email
- Password: AltaMed2022
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Corporate, MSO, PACE, and AltaMed staff, click here.
Thanks to a generous grant, Health Services clinic staff will receive free Grow Pink T-shirts. Corporate, PACE, MSO, and all employees are welcome to purchase a T-shirt for only $8.00 (total cost is $9.18 with tax. Credit card payments only). T-shirts will be delivered to the clinic sites and Corporate offices in early October.
For questions on how to order your Grow Pink T-shirts, please contact Jose Jimenez Jr., Clinical Quality Analyst.
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Read the Q&As
Employees are encouraged to Ask the CEO questions, make suggestions, express concerns, and provide input. We have received your questions and are working with our teams to answer them. We welcome your input and look forward to hearing from you.
Click on the Q&A to read some questions asked during the July 19 Leadership Development Institute session. These are also posted on Town Square (CEO box).
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Second Cohort of Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program Begins
The AltaMed Institute for Health Equity presents the second year of its Nurse Practitioner (NP) Fellowship program. On Monday, September 12, AltaMed welcomed four new NP fellows to AltaMed Medical Group – Orange and AltaMed Medical Group – Huntington Park, Rugby. The NP Fellowship Program is a year-long, post-graduate training program that offers hands-on experience to recent NP graduates working with overlooked communities. Under the leadership of Michael Granados, M.D., NP fellows gain the necessary skills and knowledge to independently manage a patient panel.
Please welcome Elvia Mexicano, Monica Ortiz, Jessica Rodriguez, and Veronica Lomeli to the AltaMed family!
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AltaMed Hosts Latino Medical Student Association Retreat
AltaMed hosted the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)-West Leadership Retreat on Saturday, August 20. The all-day retreat offered an opportunity for medical student leaders to develop their annual plans for programming and conferences.
AltaMed physician leaders attended the event, including Melissa See, M.D., Viviana Huang-Chen, M.D., and Daniel Diaz, D.O., who serves as an advisor. AltaMed has a long history of supporting LMSA-West by providing resources to develop the next generation of physicians serving medically underserved communities.
“We are so thankful to have the support of AltaMed as we continue to grow and work alongside our communities,” said Vanessa Nuñez, medical student and Co-director of LMSA. “We are extremely thankful to Dr. Diaz for coordinating and providing support throughout the entire retreat and we look forward to continuing to strengthen our partnership with AltaMed!”
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Compliance Updates
2022 Enforcement Trends Target HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative. The OCR developed this initiative to assist individuals’ rights to gain timely and affordable access to their health record under the HIPAA Privacy Rules. Learning from OCR’s enforcement trends, HIPAA-covered entities should be aware that the OCR will continue to focus on the Right of Access Initiative. Click here for details about OCR’s enforcement trends.
If you have any questions or would like information regarding HIPAA Rules, contact the Privacy Office at altamedprivacyoffice@altamed.org.
And the Winners Are
Thank you for taking part in this year's Compliance Awareness Survey. The Office of Compliance and Risk Management randomly selected six survey raffle winners; each will receive a gift card via inter-office mail. Congratulations to the following winners:
$50 Gift Card Winners
- Gabriela Perez, Coordinator I, PACE Utilization Management
- Griselda Vargas, Supervisor, AltaMed Medical and Dental Group — Santa Ana, Main
$25 Gift Card Winners
- Jocelyn Velasco, Licensed Vocational Nurse, AltaMed Medical and Dental Group — Santa Ana, Main
- Yesenia Alvarado, Representative, Patient Services II, Patient Service Center
- Rebecca Huff, Project Manager, Analyst, Finance
- Peter Hernandez, Driver, Transportation
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AltaMed Art Collection Honors Hispanic Heritage Month
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 (September 15 to October 15), the AltaMed Art Collection highlights "Welcome to Aztlan," an artwork by Los Angeles-born Mexican-American artist Arturo Urista. In this screen print, Urista maps Aztlan, a mythical homeland for Chicanas/os along the U.S. Mexican border. The artist highlights the states from both countries that make up this region, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Baja California, creating a color-blocked map that invites visitors to traverse this place that was once undivided. During Hispanic Heritage month, Urista’s art reminds us to embrace the ancestral roots of our land, the continuing history of migration, and social equality issues that we continue to fight for to this day.
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Arturo Urista
"Welcome to Aztlan," 1987 - Screen print - Edition 18 of 46 - AltaMed Art Collection, Inv. #2021.90.LM
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