UCI receives $500,000 gift from Hoag Hospital

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach has given $500,000 to UC Irvine’s Center for Health Care Management and Policy, the university announced Friday.

The gift is intended to fund research and community outreach at the center, an interdisciplinary institute that brings together leaders in the business and healthcare communities.

The center hosts an annual healthcare forecast conference as well as a visiting scholars program, a distinguished speaker series and more.

“We are absolutely delighted that Hoag Hospital — one of the most highly-regarded health care institutions in the nation — has stepped up to partner with the Merage School to try and find solutions to pressing health care problems in America,” Andy Policano, dean of the Merage School, wrote in a release.

“I am convinced that this additional step in the partnership between Hoag and the UCI campus will yield many benefits to the community over the next several years.”

— Michael Miller