The MHA hosted approximately 75 hospital leaders from across Michigan for the MHA 2026 Rural Advocacy Day Sept. 16 at the Michigan State Capitol. The day began with a brief program featuring Michael …

Healthy Michigan Plan enrollees who do not qualify for an exemption will be required to work or participate in other qualifying activities to maintain Medicaid coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2027. The Michigan …

The Practice Transformation Institute will offer Community Health Workers (CHW) Sustainability: Advancing the Profession, a live virtual training focused on integrating and sustaining CHWs within healthcare …

The MI-SMART System Expansion Committee is seeking stakeholder feedback on the user experience with the MI-SMART form and the proposed MI-SMART 2.0 form. The MI-SMART form is part of a statewide effort …

Michigan’s Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) Committee will host a free webinar from 1 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 9 to review upcoming changes to Michigan’s NGRI processes and help providers navigate potential …

The Michigan Mental Health Diversion Council’s three-part Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) webinar series continues this fall with two remaining virtual sessions. The series, which began Sept. 18, …

The September edition of Trustee Insights, the monthly digital newsletter from the American Hospital Association (AHA), highlights podcasts, videos, webinars and other resources on today’s most pressing …

Peer support services continue to play a critical role in caring for those with substance use disorder, particularly when it comes to initiating treatment and maintaining recovery. The Peer Recovery Coach program at Detroit Medical Center (DMC) …

Health is shaped by more than what’s in a medicine cabinet. In fact, wellness is often a result of everyday lifestyle choices and the conditions in which we live, work, learn and grow. While establishing healthy habits may sound simple, it isn’t always easy. …

The MHA’s Race of the Week series provides Michigan healthcare champions with the information they need to make informed decisions ahead of the 2026 General Election. The weekly series will feature background …

Why Healthcare is on Defense

“Reality: The U.S. healthcare industry is not the crown jewel of our national pride. At the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Danny Boyle-produced tribute to the National Health Service opened the games. A similar sentiment about the U.S. system is unimaginable. In its place, a dark cloud hovers above U.S. healthcare today. It is the industry’s biggest threat. The eminent cloud burst will wrack havoc on every provider, every investor, every user and every taxpayer in the U.S. unless preparedness is taken seriously.

It did not form overnight: it’s been building for 30 years but it darker and more threatening today than ever before. …

Political campaigns obscure facts and oversimplify solutions to complex challenges like fixing the health system. Protecting the status quo in healthcare is what its insiders want and it’s why they’re on defense.”

Paul Keckley, Sept. 14, 2026

• Engage in maternal health training: The Michigan Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health’s regional training sessions begin Sept. 22, offering inpatient maternal healthcare providers and quality improvement leaders opportunities to strengthen maternal health quality and safety practices.
• Connect with communications peers: Registration is open for the 2026 MHA Communications Retreat, scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at the MSU Federal Credit Union Headquarters in East Lansing.
• Share quality improvement priorities: The MHA Keystone Center recently launched hospital engagement calls to connect directly with member hospitals about quality improvement priorities, patient safety initiatives, challenges and successes.
• Explore community partnerships: The MHA will host a webinar at 11 a.m. Sept. 29 exploring how Community Information Exchanges can strengthen collaboration between healthcare and community-based organizations to better address community needs.
• Advance safety and quality: Registration is open until Oct. 2 for the MHA Keystone Center Safety & Quality Symposium, scheduled for Oct. 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Lansing.