MHA Monday Report July 18, 2022

Monday Report
MHA Monday Report

Combating the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Week of July 11MHA Covid-19 update

Michigan’s COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations have increased since early July with the onset of omicron variant BA.5. Here are the latest key statistics: 875 hospitalizations with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, a 20% increase since …

Member Feedback Requested on Rural Emergency Hospital Proposed Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule June 30 that would establish conditions of participation that Rural Emergency Hospitals must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid …

CMS Proposes Rate Cuts in 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule for physician fee schedule payments and other Medicare Part B issues, effective Jan. 1, 2023. The rule proposes to reduce the …

Medicaid Will Allow Authorization of Return Transfers for NICU Patients

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently released a final policy effective Aug. 1, allowing authorization for return transfers of stabilized infants from a neonatal intensive care unit to the community hospital …

MHA Service Corporation Board Celebrates Partnerships and Successes

At its June 29 meeting, the MHA Service Corporation board focused on supporting MHA Strategic Action Plan priorities to address workforce challenges, behavioral health improvements, redesigning care, insurance market solutions and more. The board …

C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Nurse Receives Q2 MHA Keystone Center Speak-up! Award

The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center presented Courtney Meagher, RN at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, July 12 with the quarterly MHA Keystone Center Speak-up! Award. The MHA Keystone Center Speak-up! Award celebrates …

 

New Physician Recruiting Data and Insights Provided by Merritt Hawkins

By Kurt Mosley, vice president of strategic alliances at Merritt Hawkins, an MHA Endorsed BusinessMerritt Hawkins Partner For the last 29 years, Merritt Hawkins, a division of AMN Healthcare, has released its annual Review of Physician …

Paul KeckleyThe Keckley Report

It’s Time for Hospitals to Implement Plan B

“This weekend, hospital leaders will gather in San Diego for the American Hospital Association’s Annual Leadership Summit. … ‘Transformation’ will be a frequent theme: most hospitals recognize their future is not a repeat of their past. … But Plan A is a short-term solution; Plan B is a decidedly different future state for hospitals.  Some will successfully pursue it; others will elect to watch and wait.”

Paul Keckley, July 11, 2022

News to Know

  • Registration will open Sept. 6 for Michigan’s 2022 Fall Immunization Conferences, which will be held on eight separate dates throughout the state between Oct. 4 and Nov. 2.
  • For the remainder of the summer, the Monday Report will be published every other week. The next editions will arrive in inboxes Aug. 1, Aug. 15 and Aug. 29.