Tag: WXYZ Detroit

The MHA received media coverage the week of Dec. 5 following a virtual press conference Dec. 6 on the financial and staffing challenges impacting hospital viability, as well as topics including hospital capital improvements, mergers and acquisitions and respiratory illness hospital admissions driven by RSV and COVID-19. Stories include comments from MHA CEO Brian Peters, MHA Executive Vice President Laura Appel and MHA Board Chair T. Anthony Denton.

Below is a collection of headlines from around the state that includes interviews or statements from MHA representatives.

Sunday, Dec. 11

• MLive: Michigan hospitals want help overcoming ‘funding crisis’ amid staff shortages

Friday, Dec. 9

• Bridge: U-M hospital system to acquire Sparrow Health in latest Michigan merger

Thursday, Dec. 8

• MiBiz: University of Michigan Health to acquire Lansing’s Sparrow Health

Wednesday, Dec. 7

• The Detroit News: After 40,000 deaths, COVID toll in Michigan becomes normal
• Michigan Business Network: Michiganders Need Continued Access To High-Quality, Timely Healthcare

Tuesday, Dec. 6

• The Detroit News: Michigan health care leaders urge more state aid amid staff shortage
• Bridge Michigan: Michigan hospitals lost 1,700 beds from staff shortages, seek more money
• WXYZ Detroit: Southeast Michigan hospitals facing staffing shortage as respiratory illnesses soar
• SBGTV: Michigan hospitals grapple with staff shortages while still facing ‘tsunami’ of COVID-19
• Gongwer: With 1,700 Fewer Beds, Hospitals Say They’re In A Funding Crisis
• MIRS: Hospitals Hope Med Student Mentor Tax Incentive Returns In ’23

Monday, Dec. 5

• Lansing State Journal: What Greater Lansing health care could look like in 2023
• DBusiness: Care Exchange

Members with any questions regarding media requests should contact John Karasinski at the MHA.