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Healthcare Leadership Award Nominations Due March 29

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Nominations are being accepted for the annual MHA Healthcare Leadership Award, which honors those who have demonstrated outstanding healthcare leadership within individual facilities and in their communities. The deadline to nominate an exceptional healthcare trustee, executive, physician, nurse or other leader for the award is by 5 p.m. March 29.

A nominee must represent an MHA-member organization in good standing and have been actively involved with the healthcare organization within the last three years to be eligible. Award winners for 2024 will be presented during the MHA Annual Membership Meeting in June.

Members with questions may contact Erica Leyko at the MHA.

Now Accepting Nominations for the Annual Healthcare Leadership Award

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Nominations are now being accepted for the annual MHA Healthcare Leadership Award, which honors those who have demonstrated outstanding healthcare leadership within individual facilities and in their communities. The deadline to nominate an exceptional healthcare trustee, executive, physician, nurse or other leader for the award is by 5 p.m. March 29.

A nominee must represent an MHA-member organization in good standing and have been actively involved with the healthcare organization within the last three years to be eligible. Award winners for 2024 will be presented during the MHA Annual Membership Meeting in June.

Members with questions may contact Erica Leyko at the MHA.

MHA Monday Report Sept. 11, 2023

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capitol buildingInterstate Nurse Licensure Compact Introduced in State House

Michigan House Bill 4935, also known as the Michigan Nurse Licensure Compact, was introduced in the state House on Aug. 24. Sponsored by Rep. Phil Green (R-Millington) and supported by the MHA, the …

capitol buildingReproductive Health Act Introduced in State Legislature

A package of 21 bills, referred to as the “Reproductive Health Act”, were introduced in the state House and Senate Sept. 7.  The legislation introduces a variety of changes to Michigan’s laws on abortion. The changes …

MHA Awards Behavioral Health Grants

The MHA issued a request for proposals earlier this year for a $50 million competitive grant program for Michigan healthcare entities to expand access to pediatric inpatient behavioral health services. The funding was appropriated by …

Webinar Teaches Ways to Amplify Contributions of Physician Board Members

The webinar Maximizing Contributions of Physician Board Members from noon to 1 p.m. EST Oct. 17 will guide attendees to utilize physician expertise related to advising on patient care decisions, the ethical considerations around biomedical, …

Critical Access Hospital Infection Control Opportunity

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and its subsidiary organizations, APIC Consulting Services and the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, have joined together to launch the APIC Health Equity …

Three Upcoming MHA Workforce Webinars Provide Continuing Education

The MHA and other state hospital associations are hosting three workforce webinars in partnership with the Huron Consulting Group, a firm helping organizations develop future-ready leaders that can drive meaningful cultural and organizational change. Continuing …

MHA Rounds Report - Brian Peters, MHA CEOMHA CEO Report — Preserving Patient Access to Care

Nurses are the heart and soul of our healthcare ecosystem. They were heroes long before the COVID-19 pandemic, they stepped up in extraordinary ways during the darkest days of that chapter in our history and they remain heroes today. …

The Keckley Report

Paul KeckleyThe Medicare Drug Pricing Program Will Attract Uncomfortable Attention to the Rest of the Industry

“Last Tuesday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the first 10 medicines that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare starting in 2026 per authorization in the Inflation Reduction Act (2022). It’s a big deal but far from a done deal. …

There will be lessons learned as this Inflation Reduction Act program is enacted alongside others in the bill– insulin price caps at $35/month per covered prescription, access to adult vaccines without cost-sharing, a yearly cap ($2,000 in 2025) on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs in Medicare and expansion of the low-income subsidy program under Medicare Part D to 150% of the federal poverty level starting in 2024. And since implementation of these price caps isn’t until 2026, plenty of time for all parties to negotiate, spin and adapt.

But the bigger impact of this program will be in other sectors where pricing is opaque, the public’s suspicious and valid and reliable data is readily available to challenge widely-accepted but flawed assertions about quality, value, access and outcomes. It’s highly likely hospitals will be next.“

Paul Keckley, Sept. 4, 2023

MHA CEO Brian Peters speaks with WOOD TV.

MHA in the News

The MHA received media coverage the weeks of August 28 and Sept. 4 regarding prescription drug affordability, the healthcare workforce and COVID-19. MHA CEO Brian Peters spoke with a variety of news outlets regarding these …