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LINCOLN—The Nebraska Hospital Association's annual Advocacy Day event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in Lincoln.
This half-day workshop will provide health care advocates with important information about state legislative issues.
Nearly 200 individuals have registered already, including more than 40 senators
or representatives. Registration is $40 per person. To
register for Advocacy Day,
click here.
— Nebraska Hospital Association, March 3, 2010
LINCOLN—Nebraska's fiscal fitness would qualify the state for a bronze medal, according to a new ranking by
Forbes Magazine.
The magazine listed the state as third healthiest among the 50 states—with the smallest amount of state government debt per person and the smallest amount of unfunded pension obligations per person.
Read more.
— Omaha World-Herald, March 1, 2010
LINCOLN—The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care, will hold a hearing to accept comments on proposed changes to regulations for Medicaid. The hearing will be held March 4,
2010 at 10 a.m. CT, in the Nebraska State Office Building, Lower Level, Conference Room ‘A’, Lincoln, NE.
Read
more.
— DHHS press release, March 2, 2010
MANKATO, MN—The 9th Annual ASHE Region 6 Education Conference will be held April 22-23, 2010 at the Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato, Minnesota.
Organized and supported by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and members of the Planning Committee from chapters of Region 6 (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin),
this conference will provide attendees with information on many of the challenges in the field of facility management and health care engineering.
Click here for more information.
— ASHE Web site, March 3, 2010
OMAHA—During today’s Project Harmony event “Speaking of Children” held at the
Quest Center, Gary A. Perkins, president and chief executive, Children's
Hospital & Medical Center, was one of the recipients of the Kids First
awards. This award honors commitment and distinguished service to the children
of our community, aligning with the mission of Project Harmony, which is to
protect and support children, collaborate with professionals and engage the
community to end child abuse and neglect.
—
Project Harmony Web site, March 3, 2010
AURORA—The quality of service and health care on the inside of Memorial
Community Health, Inc.'s (MCHI) four facilities didn’t match the look and feel of the marketing image on the outside.
That shared sentiment led CEO Diane Keller and the MCHI board down a strategic
planning path which ended with a debut of a new corporate logo.
Read more.
—
Aurora News-Register, February 17, 2010
GRAND ISLAND—St. Francis Medical
Center has big plans on the
horizon.
New equipment, new
doctors and new programs
are all on the agenda, and
the two-year-old patient
tower is helping make
some of it possible.
Read more.
—
Grand Island Independent, February 27, 2010
LINCOLN—Senators advanced a measure from general file March 3 seeking to amend the state constitution to allow municipalities more options for funding development projects.
LR297CA, sponsored by Wilber Senator Russ Karpisek, would place on the November 2010 general election ballot a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would change the powers of municipalities relating to funding sources for economic or industrial development.
Read more.
— Unicameral Update, March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON—Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), who withheld his support for the Senate-passed health care reform bill until practically the last minute, strongly hinted that he is prepared to back the final push to finish the job this spring.
"Doing nothing on health care reform might seem like a reasonable option to some, but in my opinion it’s not. Our nation’s health care crisis will only get worse the longer we delay," Nelson said at a conference hosted by the Federation of American Hospitals.
Read more.
— The Hill, March 2, 2010
WASHINGTON—As Democrats prepared an effort to move health care legislation to final passage, President Obama proposed incorporating a handful of GOP ideas into health reform efforts. Obama's gesture to include GOP-backed provisions on cutting health costs and preventing fraud appeared to strengthen the resolve of congressional Democrats, the
Washington Post reports. Obama also expressed interest in a move by GOP lawmakers to increase payments to doctors who treat Medicaid patients, provided Congress address the issue "in a fiscally responsible manner."
Read more.
— Washington Post, March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON—Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) yesterday offered a substitute amendment to the American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 (H.R. 4213), the Senate's latest jobs bill. It contains several provisions that are critical to hospitals, including a six-month extension through June 30, 2011 of the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage for states included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) of 2009; an extension of the COBRA benefit subsidy; and a delay until September 30 of the 21
percent Medicare payment cut for physicians that took effect yesterday.
The amendment also contains extensions through 2010 of several rural health programs, and would ensure that hospital-based physicians, who practice in hospital-owned outpatient centers and clinics, qualify for federal health IT incentives under the ARRA. A vote is expected later this week.
— AHA News Now, March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON—On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law the “Temporary
Extension Act of 2010.” Among other things, this law extends through March 31,
2010, the zero percent update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that was in
effect for claims with dates of service January 1, 2010 through February 28,
2010. Consequently, effective immediately, claims with dates of service March 1
and later which were being held by Medicare contractors will be released for
processing and payment.
Read more.
— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, March 3, 2010
Join us for 2010 NHA Advocacy Day
March 9, 2010 – Lincoln
Registration is $40 per person. To register for Advocacy Day,
click here.
Achieving Meaningful Use: Ready? Set? Stop!
March 9, 2010 – Webinar
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF)
Clinical Seminar
March 25, 2010 – St. Louis, MO
2010 NHPCP Annual “Living a Good Life…at the End of Life” Conference
March 30 - April 1, 2010 – Lincoln
Disney’s Approach to Quality Service for Healthcare Professionals
April 6, 2010 – Omaha
Grant Writing Workshop
April 8-9, 2010 – Lincoln
9th Annual ASHE Region 6 Education Conference
April 22 & 23, 2010 – Mankato, MN
Crucial Conversations Training
April 27-28, 2010 –
Lincoln
SAVE THE DATE:
2010 Lifespan Health Services Conference
May 11-12, 2010 – Kearney
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