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LINCOLN—The Community Health Endowment (CHE) of Lincoln will host its "Annual Meeting with the
Community" along with additional events on June 16, 2010. Events are free and open to the public, but registration is requested. Haley Rushing, Founder and Chief Purposologist
with The Purpose Institute, will be on hand to speak on the "Power of Purpose." She will share firsthand accounts of the
transformational effect that purpose has had in some of America's most legendary
organizations. Click here to learn more.
— CHE news release, May 4, 2010
WASHINGTON—In a letter to health care professionals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised health care providers that they may continue to use Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps manufactured by the Baxter Healthcare Corp. while it works with the company to develop an "orderly transition plan." The FDA Friday ordered Baxter to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps, citing the company's "longstanding failure" to correct many serious problems with the pumps. As many as 200,000 of the pumps may be in use in the U.S. In a letter to the company, the agency also ordered Baxter to provide refunds to customers or replace pumps at no cost. Infusion pumps are widely used in hospitals, other clinical settings and, increasingly, in homes because they allow a greater level of accuracy in fluid delivery. For more, visit the Questions and Answers posted at
www.fda.gov.
— AHA News Now, May 5, 2010
BALTIMORE—Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a
ruling on three Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital issues. First, CMS revised the data matching process used to determine a hospital's Supplemental Security Income fraction. The agency will apply the new process to all properly pending appeals on the issue, as well as each "open" hospital cost report where there has not been an initial notice of program reimbursement issued. CMS also revised its policy on the exclusion of non-covered and exhausted-benefit inpatient days for patients entitled to Medicare part A, effective October 1, 2004, as well as its policy on the counting of labor/delivery room inpatient days, effective October 1, 2009. The agency will now resolve, using these revised policies, each properly pending appeal for cost reports with patient discharges before the effective dates. It will also ensure that the revised policies are applied for each "open" hospital cost report where there has not been an initial NPR issued.
— CMS, April 28, 2010
 WASHINGTON—Every year the American Hospital Association (AHA) honors an AHA member from each state as having demonstrated
a high commitment to grassroots advocacy and promoting the needs of health care before state and federal
elected officials.
This year, Nebraska's award went to Glenn A. Fosdick, FACHE, President and CEO at
The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. The awards ceremony was held in Washington D.C. as part of the AHA Annual
Meeting.
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Nebraska Hospital Association, May 6, 2010
OMAHA—Parents know there’s usually no such thing as a normal day. Now, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center is with you, wherever you go. Children’s has launched a trio of mobile Web sites, easily and conveniently accessible from industry leading smart phones including Blackberry, iPhone,
Android and others.
Three Children’s sites have the mobile capability:
Read more.
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Children's Hospital & Medical Center news release, May 4, 2010
BELLEVUE—State and community leaders Saturday heralded the opening in Bellevue of a place that most desire but few want to need a hospital.
Although its ribbon-cutting celebration took place Saturday, Bellevue Medical Center will open to patients May 17.
Read more.
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Omaha World-Herald, May 2, 2010
LINCOLN—The Nebraska Hospital Association yesterday sent a
letter to each member
of Nebraska's congressional delegation, asking for co-sponsorship of S1585/HR
3151, the Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act.
Nurse anesthesia services are crucial to rural health care with Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) being the sole anesthesia providers in the
vast majority of Nebraska's 65 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
— Nebraska Hospital Association, May 5, 2010
WASHINGTON— The White House has announced that it would help pay medical bills for early retirees who have health insurance provided by their former employers. The purpose of the temporary $5 billion program, authorized by the new health care law, is to reverse the erosion of employer-sponsored insurance, the
New York Times reports. Under the program, the federal government can reimburse employers for 80
percent of the cost of claims from $15,000 to $90,000 a year for a retired worker who is 55 or older and not eligible for Medicare.
Read
more.
— New York Times, May 5, 2010
SCOTTSBLUFF—The Rural Nebraska Healthcare Network (RNHN), a consortium of nine rural hospitals and related clinics in western Nebraska, announced a pending transaction with Zayo Group LLC and Adesta LLC that will facilitate the deployment of a new $20
million fiber optic medical network.
Utilizing federal funding under the Rural Health Care Pilot Program of the Federal Communications Commission, in conjunction with funding provided by Zayo Group, the RNHN will connect 9 primary care hospitals and dozens of affiliated clinics creating one of the most advanced and robust medical technology networks in Nebraska. “This fiber network will facilitate the deployment of advanced medical technologies, and vastly improve patient care and physician communication,” said Lisa Bewley, Chief Information Officer for Regional West Medical Center
(RWMC).
Read more.
— RWMC news release, May 3, 2010
NHA Mid-Year Meeting & Golf Tournament
June 2-4, 2010 – Kearney
National Hospital Week
May 9-15, 2010
2010 Lifespan Health Services Conference
May 11-12, 2010 – Kearney
Intuitive Performance - The Key to a Sustainable Lean Six Sigma
May 12, 2010 – Webinar
NHA PAC Fundraising Noon
Briefing
May 18, 2010 –
Webinar
How to Keep Your CEO Out of Jail
May 19, 2010 – Omaha
Lasting Hope Recovery Center
- Third Annual Conference
June 9, 2010
– Omaha
Second Annual Foundation for Annie Jeffrey Golf Tournament
June 25, 2010 – Osceola
York General Health Care Services Auxiliary Charity Golf Tournament
July 30, 2010 – York
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