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LINCOLN—Friday, August 27 is the last day to register for the "NHA/HFMA Health Care Reform: How Will It Impact Nebraska?"
to be held on August 31, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at The Cornhusker
Marriott in Lincoln.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes complex provisions which
will ultimately impact Nebraska’s budget, employers, health care providers and
the patients they serve. This program will help decision makers better understand the complexities involved in the new health care system.
The agenda includes the following:
Capitol Hill Update
Charlie Ellsworth, Office of U.S. Senator Ben Nelson
Lea Stueve, Office of U.S. Senator Mike Johanns
Health and Human Services Perspective
Judy Baker, Regional Director, Region 7, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
Department of Insurance Perspective
Ann Frohman, Director<
Nebraska Department of Insurance
State Legislators’ Checklist for Health Care
Reform Implementation
Joy Johnson Wilson
and Rachel Morgan, RN, BSN,
National Conference of State Legislatures
Panel Discussion
Nebraska State Senator Kathy Campbell
Kerry Winterer, CEO, Nebraska Department of
Health and Human Services
Ann Frohman, Director, NDOI
Nebraska State Senator Mike Gloor
Click here for more information and the registration form.
— Nebraska Hospital Association, August 26, 2010
WASHINGTON—U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced recently more than $32 million in FY 2010 funds to increase access to health care for Americans living in rural areas. The funds reach across seven programs administered by the Office of Rural Health Policy in HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
“These funds reflect the priorities spelled out by President Obama in providing the best health care possible to rural Americans,” said Sebelius. “The ultimate goal is to build healthier rural populations and communities.”
Read more.
— HHS news release, August 23, 2010
CRETE—Crete Area Medical Center Physicians’ Clinic (CAMC) is pleased to announce that it has earned Physician Practice Connections-Patient Centered Medical Home (PPC-PCMH) Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality.
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PMCH) is a promising model of health care delivery that aims to improve the quality and efficiency of care, PPC-PCMH identifies practices that promote partnerships between individual patients and their personal clinicians, instead of treating patient care as the sum of several episodic office visits. Each patient’s care is tended to by the clinician-lead care teams, who provide for all the patient’s health care needs and coordinate treatments across the health care system. Medical home clinicians demonstrate the benchmarks of patient-centered care, including open scheduling, expanding hours and appropriate use of proven health information systems.
Read more.
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CAMC news release, August 16, 2010
 LINCOLN— Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, Ph.D., will be installed as the second president of BryanLGH College of Health Sciences Friday, August 20, at Saint Paul United Methodist Church, located in downtown Lincoln. MacLeod Walls has served as interim president of the college since Phylis Hollamon’s retirement in August 2009.
MacLeod Walls joined the college in 2007 as the Director of Institutional Effectiveness. In 2008 she was named dean of general education where she led the college’s effort to achieve accreditation from the North Central Association, a commission on accreditation and school improvement.
Read more.
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BryanLGH Medical Center news release, August 19, 2010
LINCOLN—Gloves off.
The growing conflict between Democratic Senator Ben Nelson and Republican Governor Dave Heineman escalated Wednesday.
Nelson said Heineman is "playing politics" with federal assistance for the state, complaining about the funding, taking the money, and then acting like the state is a victim.
"It's a total misrepresentation," he said.
When federal education money is made available to secure the jobs of hundreds of teachers and help prevent local property tax increases, "it deserves more than sound bytes and temper tantrums," Nelson said.
"It appears to me Senator Nelson wants to pick a fight," Heineman promptly
responded. "I think we all know the facts out here."
Read more.
— Lincoln Journal Star, August 25, 2010
LINCOLN—The Nebraska Hospital Association submitted comments to Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Tuesday regarding the physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2011. NHA concerns are focused on the proposed rule focused on the physician payment formula, multiple procedure payment reduction for therapy services
and requiring a physician or non-physician practitioner to sign all lab requisitions.
Click
here to view the letter.
— NHA, August 26, 2010
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is rewriting new rules on medical privacy after an outpouring of criticism from consumer groups and members of Congress who say the rules do not adequately protect the rights of patients.
Democratic lawmakers and a few Republicans have denounced the rules, saying they fall short of offering patients the fullest protections possible. Hospitals and insurance companies, seeking to maintain greater control over patient notification, generally support the rules. The White House finds itself caught in the middle.
Read more.
— New York Times, August 22, 2010
NHA/HFMA Health Care Reform: How Will It Impact Nebraska?
August 31, 2010 – The Cornhusker, Lincoln
34 Safety Practices Every Healthcare Facility Should Know - A Two-Part Webinar
September 9, 2010 - Part I - Webinar
September 14, 2010 - Part II - Webinar
2010 Fall Workers’ Compensation Seminar
September 30, 2010 - North Platte
October 1, 2010 - Lincoln
2010 NeRHA Annual Conference
September 16-17, 2010 – Webinar
SAVE THE DATE: NHA
2010 Annual Convention
October 27-29, 2010 – The Cornhusker, Lincoln
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