The Center Creates Grant-Making Arm after Donation from CHAMPS Healthcare
For many years, CHAMPS Healthcare, the business affiliate of The Center for Health Affairs, has used a portion of its revenues to help support the nonprofit work of the association.
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Ryan Quoted in Crain’s on Cost-Cutting Measures in Healthcare
On Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, The Center for Health Affairs' President and CEO Bill Ryan was quoted in a Crain's Cleveland Business piece in which some of the region’s leaders were asked to weigh in on what might take place over the next 12 months.
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Advocacy Forum Convenes to Discuss Medicaid Enrollment
Members of The Center’s Advocacy Forum met on Dec. 9 to discuss the new enrollment process for Medicaid in Ohio.
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Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice Discussed at NEONI’s 12th Annual Fall Conference
On Friday, Dec. 6 The Center for Health Affairs workforce initiative, NEONI, hosted its 12th Annual Fall Conference to discuss quality and safety in nursing practice. About 90 people attended the half-day conference, Partnering With Patients to Advance Quality and Safety, at Southwest General Health Center’s Williams Conference Center.
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Advisory Committee Recommends Improvements to Volume Statistics Program
On Nov. 6, the Volume Statistics Advisory Committee met to review the program and discuss possible definition changes and enhancements.
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Wage Index Project Moves Forward
In an effort to maximize reimbursement for its member hospitals, The Center for Health Affairs has once again contracted with the Reimbursement Alliance (RA) Group to conduct a wage index analysis of Northeast Ohio hospitals for federal fiscal year 2015.
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Crain's Features Data on Emergency Department Admission Rates, Regional Cases
The Dec. 2-8, 2013 print edition of Crain's Cleveland Business features data from The Center's most recent issue brief, which discusses growing emergency department visits and utilization. Crain's specifically highlights The Center's data on emergency department admission rates and overall cases in the region.
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Report Examines Regional Average Length of Stay for Newborns
Starting in the 1970s, the average length of stay for newborns after delivery began declining.
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NEONI’s 2013 - 2014 High School Shadowing Program in Full Swing
Since its kickoff in October, NEONI’s 2013 - 2014 Healthcare Career Shadowing Program has assigned 168 students from 32 high schools to shadowing experiences in nine different hospitals.
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