Executive Budget Supports Healthcare, Other Legislative Action
Executive Budget Supports Healthcare, Other Legislative ActionGovernor Whitmer and Budget Director Jen Flood released the executive budget recommendation Feb. 7 for fiscal year 2025. The MHA is pleased to see that the Governor’s budget continues vital funding for Medicaid, rural and …
MDHHS Director Hertel Presents at MHA Board Meeting
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Director Elizabeth Hertel presented an overview of her department’s key priorities to the MHA Board of Trustees at their Feb. 7 meeting. Hertel shared ongoing efforts to …
MHA Behavioral Health Learning Series Begins Feb. 14
The MHA is hosting a five-part webinar series to provide hospital staff with a deeper understanding of Michigan’s behavioral health system and the hospital’s role in connecting patients with care. These webinars are part of …
Healthcare Remains Key Piece of Executive Budget Recommendation
The following statement can be attributed to Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. Healthcare access is vital for the physical and economic health of our local economies. This budget proposal presented …
Virtual Training Offered Feb. 22 for FY 2021 Medicaid DSH Audit
Myers and Stauffer LC, Michigan’s contractor for the federally mandated Medicaid disproportionate share hospitals (DSH) audits, encourages hospital staff to participate in the upcoming virtual training Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. Hospital staff are encouraged …
MHA CEO Report — The State of Healthcare
MHA CEO Report — The State of HealthcareThe new year always brings two traditional speeches from lawmakers: Gov. Whitmer just recently delivered her annual State of the State address, while President Biden will share the annual State of the Union address on March 7. While the economy …
The Keckley Report
Is the Tax Exemption for Not-for-Profit Hospitals at Risk?
“Last Thursday, Seattle-based Providence Health System announced it is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income residents of Washington and erasing $137 million more in outstanding debt for others. Other systems are likely to follow as pressure con mounts on large, not-for-profit systems to modify their business practices in sensitive areas like patient debt collection, price transparency, executive compensation, investment activities and others.
I believe not-for-profit hospital systems are engines for modernizing health delivery in communities and a lightening rod for critics who think their efforts more self-serving than for the public good. Most consumers (55%) think they earn their tax exemption but 34% have mixed feelings and 10% disagree. (Keckley Poll November 20, 2023). That’s less than a convincing defense.”
News to Know
The Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management is now accepting nominations for the Paul Venzke Award for Outstanding Performance in the field of Healthcare Risk Management.