Lame Duck Session Begins in Senate
Lame Duck Session Begins in SenateThe 2022 lame-duck session in the legislature got off to a slow start in the Senate during the week of Nov. 28. Several bills impacting hospitals saw unsuccessful votes on the floor, including legislation to make changes to the operation of the 340B drug pricing program and a package to integrate behavioral and physical health for state regulated insurance plans …
MHA Keystone Center 2021-2022 Annual Report Highlights Collaboration and Partnership
The MHA Keystone Center recently released its 2021-2022 Annual Report, which showcases the center’s commitment to working alongside members to improve safety and quality in healthcare. Through support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, this report highlights …
Expanded Scope of Practice Creates Opportunities
To optimize cost savings, patient experience and staffing, hospitals and health systems are using multidisciplinary teams working to deliver care. Fortunately, new legislation expanded certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) abilities to practice without direct physician supervision. …
MHA CEO Report — Pediatric Capacity Crisis
“Every child begins the world again.” ― Henry David Thoreau
In all of my life experiences to date, none have been so challenging in every sense as those times when my young children were hospitalized in the NICU, fighting for their very lives. We were incredibly fortunate to have positive outcomes with both of them, thanks to the efforts of our Michigan hospitals and the incredible people who work there every day …
The Keckley Report
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The 6 Populations that Lack Adequate Voice in the US Health System
“Trade groups and lobbyists for high profile special interests will be active; others less noticed will be under-represented in lawmaking and budgeting. Six groups top this list for healthcare…
These populations are out of sight, out of mind in most consideration of the health system’s future, but they represent perhaps it’s greatest opportunities for innovation and public-private collaboration.”
Paul Keckley, Nov. 28, 2022
MHA in the News
The MHA received media coverage during the weeks of Nov. 21 and 28 on the capacity status of hospital pediatric units amid the surge of hospitalized pediatric patients with respiratory illnesses driven by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) …