The Becker’s Healthcare Podcast published an episode June 16 that features MHA CEO Brian Peters joining host Scott Becker to discuss the current healthcare landscape and what the future looks like.
Peters spent time discussing how relationships, advocacy and values-driven leadership help to maintain member unity at the MHA. Other topics of discussion include Medicaid policy, building lasting networks and lessons for emerging leaders.
“It is very rare to see a state hospital association that has literally every single hospital and health system in the state inside the membership,” said Peters. “We have every single member organization actively engaged with our organization and that really is the strength of the MHA.”
The Detroit News also published an article June 20 on the cuts to Medicaid funding included in the Senate Finance Committee’s proposed version of the budget reconciliation bill that includes an interview with MHA Executive Vice President Laura Appel. She focused on how the proposed reductions to provider taxes will impact patients and all Michiganders, regardless of insurance coverage.
“What’s in the Senate version, I want to be very clear, is specifically cutting Medicaid. It’s not addressing waste, fraud and abuse,” said Appel. “It’s cutting the funding that Michigan uses ― as do 48 other states ― to support Medicaid.”
Members with any questions regarding media requests should contact John Karasinski at the MHA.