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OMAHA—The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is teaming up with the Nebraska Department of Insurance
to hold a seminar to bring
Nebraska health care stakeholders practical information, helpful tips, and clarification regarding Nebraska and federal health benefits laws. The HIPAA & Other Health Benefits Laws: Compliance Assistance Seminar will be held September 14 -15,
2010, at the Holiday Inn Omaha Convention Center, located at 3321 South 72nd Street
in Omaha. This seminar is free and open to the first 250 registrants. Registration will be on a first come first served basis.
Click here to
view the brochure and register.
— IRS, July 20, 2010
OMAHA—Five members of the Nebraska Health Care Association received 2010
Bronze National Quality Awards from the American Health Care Association (AHCA)
and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). Recognized were Butte
Healthcare Center in Butte, Central City Care Center in Central City, Gateway
Senior Living in Lincoln, Papillion Manor in Papillion, and Wedgewood Care
Center in Grand Island. Through a formal application and judging process, these
organizations have demonstrated their commitment to quality care for the
nation’s frail, elderly and disabled.
Read more.
— Nebraska Assisted Living Association news release, July 20, 2010
WASHINGTON—The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will begin accepting applications the first week of August from critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals and other entities newly eligible to participate in the 340B discount program for outpatient drugs, HRSA Administrator Mary Wakefield announced yesterday at the 340B Summer Coalition meeting. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act extends the program to critical access and sole community hospitals, rural referral centers, and certain children's and cancer hospitals. HRSA is scheduling a webinar, tentatively for July 28, to provide information on enrollment timelines, forms and procedures. Interested parties can
sign up to receive e-mail updates on the PPACA’s
340B provisions.
— AHA News Now, July 21, 2010
WEST POINT—St. Francis Memorial Hospital is getting a makeover.
The critical access hospital in West Point has 25 beds. That number won't change when construction concludes in 2012, but rooms which are part of a $21 million addition will be larger.
"It's probably the biggest thing that's happened for local health care since the current building opened in 1950," said Todd Consbruck, executive director of physicians' services and communications. "It should help secure the future of health care here in West Point."
The 52,000-square-foot addition, under construction on the hospital's south side, will include three stories above ground and one below as a basement is being put under it, said Ron Briggs, hospital administrator and chief executive officer.
Read more.
—
Fremont Tribune, July 17, 2010
NORFOLK—A bright future lies ahead for Boone County Health Center.
That was the assessment of State Senator Kate Sullivan and other speakers at an open house for the Health Center’s new patient care addition Sunday, June 27.
“This is a wonderful facility with state of the art technology for the people of Boone County and the entire area,” said Senator Sullivan.
The hospital unveiled the 12 new patient rooms in its new addition to more than 250 people who attended the open house.
Vic Lee, hospital administrator and C.E.O., pointed out that the new wing represents the major portion of the current construction phase, but there is more to be done.
— Albion News, June 30, 2010
LINCOLN—This year’s GOAL Awards event on
September 30 will highlight several
former Madonna pediatric patients
and the lives they have built since leaving
the hospital. Past GOAL Award recipients
featured in the video include:
Sean Kenney, who had two brain stem
tumors, the first discovered in 1990 at age
3 and another when Sean was 11; Kelsay
Parrott, who, as a four year old in 2004,
suffered third degree burns when her dress
caught fire from a candle; and Meghan
Fiala, who suffered a brain injury after a
car accident she had in 2006 as an 18-year
old. The 2010 GOAL Award recipients are:
Adam Lehman, who fell out of a window
in his home in 2005 when he was five years
old, causing a traumatic brain injury; Josh
Hodgson, who suffered a stroke at the age
of 15 in 2005; Danielle Rush, who suffered
a brain injury in 2005 as a 14-year old in a
car accident; and Chase Junck who suffered
a traumatic brain injury at his daycare in
2007 when he was just 14-months old.
—
Madonna Independent, July 9, 2010
AUBURN—Nemaha County Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s MOST
WIRED, according to the results of the 2010 Most Wired Survey released today in
the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
Kermit Moore, COO of Nemaha County Hospital, stated, “In the past, Nemaha County Hospital has competed for awards in the small and rural categories. We earned the Most Improved Award in 2006 and in years 2008 and 2009 we earned the award for Most Wired for Small and Rural Hospitals.
In 2010 we earned the Most Wired Award.”
Read more.
—
Nemaha County Hospital news release, July 21, 2010
LINCOLN—The Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) yesterday submitted a comment letter
to the IRS regarding the additional requirements to apply for and maintain
tax-exempt status that were included in the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable
Care Act added section 501(r) to the Internal Revenue Code, which imposes four
additional requirements on hospitals seeking to qualify for and maintain
tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3). These four requirements include the
following: community health needs assessment, financial assistance policy,
limitation on charges and billing and collection actions.
Read letter.
— NHA, July 23, 2010
LINCOLN—Some Nebraska officials and lawmakers have given their two cents on a multimillion-dollar question: Is a special session needed to address budget problems?
No, they said.
On Friday, they got an overview of state finances from the Legislature's chief fiscal analyst.
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood of Norfolk asked whether the state had the cash flow necessary to pay its bills and was told by analyst Mike Calvert that it did. But Flood also was told that could change if month-to-month revenue dipped below projections.
Read more.
— Lincoln Journal Star, July 23, 2010
WASHINGTON—Fifty-two U.S. senators signed a letter asking the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take a second look at the anticipated
2.9 percent cut—or coding offset—to hospital payments, which is outlined in the
proposed FY11 inpatient prospective payment system rule.
Read more.
— HFMA Weekly News, July 21, 2010
Hospital Decertification: A Near Death Experience
July 27, 2010 – Webinar
Building Long-Term Relationships with Physicians Who Take Call
July 28, 2010 – Webinar
NeHII Annual Meeting
July 29, 2010 – Hastings
York General Health Care Services Auxiliary Charity Golf Tournament
July 30, 2010 – York
Saint Elizabeth “IMAGINE, BELIEVE & ACHIEVE” Benefit Auction
August 4-6 and August 16-26 – Lincoln
Charity Golf Tournament
to benefit
Jefferson Community Health Center
August 6, 2010 – Fairbury
SAVE THE DATE: NHA/HFMA Health Care Reform: How Will It Impact Nebraska?
August 31, 2010 – The Cornhusker, Lincoln
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