DEA Extends Telemedicine Rule for Controlled Substances Through 2025
DEA Extends Telemedicine Rule for Controlled Substances Through 2025The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a rule extending telemedicine prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through Dec. 31, 2025. This extension continues pandemic-era provisions, allowing …
MHA and Partners Host Cybersecurity Tabletop for UP Healthcare Leaders
MHA and Partners Host Cybersecurity Tabletop for UP Healthcare LeadersThe MHA hosted the Enhancing Your Cybersecurity: Tabletop Training and Incident Response Workshop Oct. 14 in Escanaba, MI with MHA Endorsed Business Partner CyberForce|Q and the Region 8 Healthcare Coalition as part of the ongoing …
MHA Webinar to Review Upcoming Earned Sick Time Act
MHA Webinar to Review Upcoming Earned Sick Time ActThe MHA will host the webinar Earned Sick Time Act – What to Know and How to Prepare from 3 to 4:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 9 to provide an overview of the upcoming Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) effective Feb. 21, 2025, and to help employers prepare for compliance. …
MHA Podcast Explores Resources for Family Caregivers
MHA Podcast Explores Resources for Family CaregiversThe MHA released a new episode of the MiCare Champion Cast for National Caregiver Month featuring Diane Mariani, LCSW, CADC, program manager for the department of social work and community health program at RUSH University …
Keckley Report
The Profession of Medicine: Key Takeaways from the AMA Interim House of Delegates Meeting
“Last week, the American Medical Association (AMA) held its 2024 Interim House of Delegates (HOD) meeting in Lake Beuna Vista, Florida. The Bi-Annual confab drew 700 delegates representing 200 medical societies and physician professional organizations who considered 712 resolutions in the four-day agenda. …
Against this backdrop, there is consensus in the health system and Congress that the physician workforce is unhealthy and recognition of shortages in rural areas and certain specialties. There’s consensus among consumers (patients) that physicians are trusted and well-paid but their accessibility increasingly limited. And there’s consensus among physicians that the profession is in crisis-mode. …
Physicians will always play a prominent role in U.S. healthcare. The profession’s preparedness to lead its inevitable transformation is the big unknown. And its attractiveness to future generations of physicians the big risk if not addressed.”
News to Know
News to Know- The MHA offices will be closed and no formal meetings will be scheduled Nov. 28 and 29 in honor of Thanksgiving.
- Due to the holiday, Monday Report will not be published Dec. 2 and will resume its normal schedule Dec. 9.
- MHA Endorsed Business Partner AMN Language Services will host the webinar Section 1557 Readiness Workshop – Guidance and Resources for the 2024 Deadlines Dec. 10 from noon – 1 p.m. ET.
- The MHA is offering its popular Healthcare Leadership Academy program Feb. 19 – 21 and April 10 – 11, 2025.
MHA in the News
The MHA received media coverage the week of Nov. 21 on healthcare workplace violence research and the relationship between hospitals and community mental health organizations. The Oakland Press published a story Nov. 18 on the …