We're catching up with the Regents' April 10th meeting which - as we already noted - included the announcement of the new Berkeley chancellor.* At public comments, topics discussed included collective bargaining of interns, sexual assault services funding, antisemitism in a course at the UCLA med school and other related incidents, anti-Israel divestment, and Blackrock.
After the session on naming the new Berkeley chancellor, the Health Services Committee heard a discussion of the changing economics of medical education, research, and hospitals. UC were reported to receive less state support than the average of public university med programs but more in research gants. Clinical revenue was said to be subsidizing the other functions, but it is being squeezed by lower reimbursements from Medi-Cal, Medicare, and private insurance. Insurers don't like university hospitals because of higher charges and there are only 5 major insurance companies now who are in a position to exert monopsonistic power over charges. That has led public university health systems such as at UC to grow to attain offsetting bargaining power. There is danger in the future that the enlarging clinical side will tend to overwhelm the academic side. UC was said to be the second largest provider to Medi-Cal but the general public and the legislature is unaware of this contribution.
The meeting then turned to services for sexual assault victims with a particular focus on UC-Merced which doesn't have a med school.
Finally, Academic and Student Affairs heard discussion of various med programs and approved tuition increases for them.
As always, we preserve the recordings of Regents meetings indefinitely because the Regents have no policy on duration of preservation.
The general website for the April 10th meeting is at:
https://archive.org/details/regents-board-public-comment-4-10-2024.
The public comments segment is at:
The Berkeley chancellor announcement is at:
Health Services is at:
Academic and Student Affairs is at:
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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/04/new-berkeley-chancellor.html and https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/04/new-berkeley-chancellor-part-2-things.html.
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