Medical Liability Highlights Healthcare Issues That Receive Legislative Attention
Medical Liability Highlights Healthcare Issues That Receive Legislative AttentionA large collection of healthcare bills, including one that seeks to change medical liability, received attention by the Michigan Legislature during the week of Dec. 2. The House Judiciary Committee reported out House Bill …
Senate Passes Momnibus Bill Package
The Michigan Senate passed the Momnibus, a group of bills designed to improve equity and accountability in prenatal and maternal healthcare during the week of Dec. 2. The legislation includes Senate Bills 818–823, 825 and …
Senate Passes Behavioral Health Bills
The Michigan Senate unanimously passed several MHA-supported bills aimed at improving mental health treatment for individuals involved in the criminal justice system during the week of Dec. 2. Senate Bills (SB) 915 (Hertel-D), 916 (Santana-D), …
FORHP Updates Definition of Rural Area
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) recently announced updates to its definition of “rural area” to improve healthcare resource allocations in rural areas. A key addition is the use of the Rural Ruggedness …
CMS Releases Medicare 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
CMS Releases Medicare 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final RuleThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service outpatient prospective payment system effective Jan. 1, 2025. The final rule: Provides a net 2% increase …
MHA Continues to Offer Workplace Safety Posters
MHA Continues to Offer Workplace Safety PostersThe MHA continues to offer workplace safety posters to MHA members at no cost to help hospitals comply with the requirement from Public Acts 271 and 272 of 2023 that hospitals display signage informing individuals they …
MDHHS Introduces SUD Program Enhancements and New Mapping Tool
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently developed improvements to current substance use disorder (SUD) programs and a new SUD mapping tool to identify SUD treatment service locations throughout the state, with …
MHA CEO Report — Lame Duck is Here
MHA CEO Report — Lame Duck is HereThe balance of power at both the state and federal levels will change in 2025. Yet lawmakers still have several weeks remaining, a period we refer to as lame duck where a number of elected officials …
Keckley Report
Trump Healthcare 2.0: The Laundry List of Disruption Targets
“The incoming Trump administration is committed to cutting government waste and reducing regulation. That pledge puts the U.S. healthcare industry in the crosshairs for budget cuts and heightened attention. It’s also a high-profile industry that’s ripe for disruption.
Healthcare is the economy’s biggest private-sector employer (18.3 million) and accounts for 17.3% of the GDP and 28% of total federal spending. Since 2008, annual increases for prescription drugs, hospitals and physician services have increased faster than the “All Items” index widening every year. From 2012 to 2022, the average annual growth rate was 4.2% for physician services, 4.4% for hospital care, 4.7% for prescription drugs and 5.0% for insurers who experienced the highest volatility of the four. …
The laundry list for Trump Healthcare 2.0 disruption is long. The public expects changes. Responding in business-as-usual fashion—especially thru well-worn trade association advocacy pronouncements– is short-sighted. It’s time to take a fresh look starting with a mirror.”
News to Know
News to KnowThe Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the 2025 application period for the Michigan State Loan Repayment Program (MSLRP).
MHA in the News
MHA executives appeared on WJR 760 AM during the weeks of Nov. 25 and Dec. 2 to discuss the association’s opposition to government mandated nurse staffing ratios. MHA CEO Brian Peters appeared on Focus with …