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LINCOLN—Public Health Association of Nebraska (PHAN) recently announced that the celebration of its 60th Anniversary
will be held at the 2010 PHAN Annual Conference on September 30 and October 1 in Kearney, NE. PHAN was established in November 1950 as the Nebraska Public Health Association. In 2000, the group reorganized and changed the name to the Public Health Association of Nebraska.
PHAN is active in identifying and resolving Nebraska's health problems. PHAN
provides a forum for discussion and advocacy of the significant public health
concerns facing Nebraska. View
PHAN’s Web site for
more information.
— PHAN news release, April 21, 2010
WASHINGTON—Doctors are increasingly prescribing medications electronically, abandoning the traditional paper scripts that can result in drug errors due to hard-to-read writing or coverage denials by a patient's insurer, the Wall Street Journal reports. The number of e-prescriptions nearly tripled last year to 191 million from the previous year's 68 million, representing about 12
percent of the 1.63 billion original prescriptions, excluding refills, according to Surescripts LLC, whose online network handles the bulk of the electronic communications. For the first three months of this year, nearly one in five prescriptions was filed electronically. About 25
percent of all office-based doctors currently have the technology to e-prescribe, more than twice as many as at the end of 2008, Surescripts says.
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— Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2010
WASHINGTON—The Financial Accounting Standards Board is accepting comments through May 17 on a
proposed accounting standard for disclosing measures of charity care in financial statements. Proposed by the board's task force on emerging issues, the standard would measure charity care based on the direct and indirect costs of providing charity care services. The board said the standard would enhance comparability, because some health care providers currently use a cost-based measure while others use a revenue-based measure. It said many health care entities already track the costs of providing charity care for regulatory or management purposes. "For example, entities that file a Form 990 with the [Internal Revenue Service] are required to report a measure of charity care that is based on the entity's direct and indirect costs to provide those services," the proposal notes.
— AHA News Now, April 19, 2010
AINSWORTH—Neil Hilton, CEO at Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, has recently accepted a job in Cheyenne, Wyoming as the Vice President of the Wyoming Hospital Association
(WHA) and plans to assume duties there beginning May 10, 2010.
Hilton, a native of Cambridge, has worked in a variety of hospital capacities
for 21 years, primarily within his home state of Nebraska, and has served as the
CEO at Brown County Hospital for the past five years. Regarding this announcement, he commented “I’ve so enjoyed all aspects of my career to date, each of the experiences have been unique and accomplishing from a variety of standpoints. To have the occasion at hand to apply my experience and genuine interest in health care as a part of a
state association is very exciting to me and something that I believe I will truly enjoy.”
Read more.
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Nebraska Hospital Association, April 22, 2010
OMAHA—Plans to create a Center for Global Health and Development (CGHAD) in the UNMC College of Public Health were approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday.
The creation of the center shows that UNMC recognizes a need to be a global leader and to expand opportunities for its faculty and students in global health, said Ayman El-Mohandes, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., M.P.H., dean of UNMC's College of Public Health.
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UNMC press release, April 21, 2010
ALLIANCE/GORDON—A belief in “paying it forward” at Box Butte General Hospital (BBGH) benefited Gordon Memorial Health Services
(GMHS) recently, after BBGH donated a four-year-old Hologic ACR analog mammography unit to GMHS.
The gift was made possible when BBGH received a $300,000 anonymous donation, enabling the lease of a new Hologic digital mammography machine.
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—
Hemingford Ledger, April 15, 2010
LINCOLN—It's been called a groundbreaking law, but a measure approved in Nebraska last week that changes the rationale for abortion bans probably won't go into effect anytime soon—if ever.
Instead, abortion opponents are hoping it will become the most important case on abortion to reach the U.S. Supreme Court in recent memory. Even they acknowledge the ban on abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy won't see the light of day unless the high court rules that it is constitutional.
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— Lincoln Journal Star, April 18, 2010
WASHINGTON— Fearing that health insurance premiums may increase in the next few years, Senate Democrats laid a foundation for federal regulation of rates. After a hearing on the issue, the chairman of the Senate health committee, Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, said he intended to move this year on legislation that would "provide an important check on unjustified premiums." Harkin praised a bill introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein that would give the secretary of health and human services the power to review premiums and block "any rate increase found to be unreasonable," the
New York Times reports.
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more.
— New York Times, April 21, 2010
WASHINGTON—The Social Security Administration (SSA) named James Winn, executive counselor to the commissioner, as special advisor for health IT. He takes over the position from Jim Borland, who oversaw the agency's pioneering use of the Nationwide Health Information Network.
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— Healthcare IT News, April 21, 2010
CHADRON—A new study option at Chadron State College (CSC) will help prepare graduates for the growing demand for public health professionals.
The new Family and Consumer Sciences (FSC) bachelor’s degree option in health and human services is collaboration between CSC’s programs in FCS and Health Professions. Scheduled to begin this fall, the program also is being integrated with the Rural Health Opportunities Program, a partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center that helps meet the demand for health care professionals in Nebraska’s small communities.
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— Chadron State College news release, April 13, 2010
LYMPHOMAthon: Take a Step, Find a Cure
April 24, 2010 – Mahoney State Park
The New Form 990 - What Hospitals Still Need to Do
April 27, 2010 - Webinar
Crucial Conversations Training
April 27-28, 2010 –
Lincoln
National Walk @ Lunch Day
April 28, 2010
Meaningful Use
Achievement – It’s Not Just About Compliance – It’s About Results
April 29, 2010 – Webinar
SAVE THE
DATE: 2010 Lifespan Health Services Conference
May 11-12, 2010 – Kearney
SAVE THE DATE: NHA PAC Noon-briefing
May 18, 2010 –
Webinar
SAVE THE DATE: NHA Mid-Year Meeting & Golf Tournament
June 2-4, 2010 – Kearney
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