MHA Monday Report April 15, 2019
Posted on April 15, 2019
At its April 10 meeting, the MHA Board of Trustees addressed several policy and operational matters, including a review of the governor’s fiscal year 2020 budget priorities, which call for continued funding levels for graduate medical education and …
The full state House of Representatives passed two clean-up bills related to the opioid bill package regarding hospice patients that passed during the last session. MHA-supported House Bills (HBs) 4224 and 4225 would exempt hospice patients from …
MHA CEO Brian Peters shares his five key takeaways from a Modern Healthcare leadership summit that he recently attended in his April CEO Report.
The 2019 MHA Annual Membership Meeting will be June 26 through 28 at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. In 2019, the MHA celebrates its 100th anniversary and there will be a special centennial celebration Wednesday evening to commemorate ...
The use of restraints is not a panacea and can prevent significant risks to the patient. While situations sometimes require restraints, the use of them is controversial and highly regulated. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) standards are designed to help providers achieve national healthcare improvement goals for individuals and populations while reducing per capita costs. In ...
Upcoming events and important healthcare news for the week of April 15:
- The Simulation: Great Lakes Partners for Patients Hospital Improvement Innovation Network Caring for the Critically Ill Patient will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo.
- The MHA Keystone Center Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Pediatric Safe Table will take place from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday at MHA headquarters, Okemos.
- The MHA Service Corporation Board of Directors will hold its Annual Board Meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. June 26 at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island.
Read recent coverage about the MHA, including Detroit Free Press report on measles outbreak in Michigan and an Oakland Press opinion piece from MHA CEO Brian Peters on the importance of protecting the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the consequences a Medicare for All system could hold for patients.
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