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H1N1 Influenza
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CAH Assessment 2010
PPS Assessment 2009
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WI ACHE Education
The Future of the Physician Workforce
  April 6--Middleton

Annual Events
Physician Leadership Development, Kohler
-- March 12-13, 2010
Advocacy Day, Madison
-- April 13, 2010
Rural Health Conference, Wisconsin Dells
-- June 23-25, 2010
WHA Annual Convention, Madison
--September 15-17, 2010

Reports

Physician Shortage Reports
Workforce Reports
Archive of WHA Special Reports
2009 Results

Top Stories from Valued Voice

Hospital CEOs Testify at CAH Assessment Legislative Hearing

WHA Medicaid Advisory Group Meets with DHS Staff

WHA Testifies in Support of Health Information Exchange Bills

WHA HIT Task Force: CMS Implementation of EHR Incentive Program is Flawed

Doyle Names Brenton, Size to WIRED for Health Board

44 Wisconsin Providers, Organizations Send Delegation Letter Supporting Enhanced Medicaid Funding

Transparency Bill Could Soon be Law

WCA Group Health Trust Board Requests WCMEW's Assistance in Awarding First Scholarship

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Friday Packet -- March 5, 2010

The Valued Voice -- (pdf) (3/5/10)

The Valued Voice -- (html) (3/5/10)

WHA Education: Engaging Staff Nurses: What We Know and What Works

Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives 2010 Annual Convention brochure

Education Calendar...
March, 2010

15 - Community Benefits Reporting (Webinar)

18 - CMS and The Joint Commission Standards on Informed Consent: Ensuring Compliance (Webinar)

22 - Community Benefits Reporting (Webinar)

23 - Observation Services: Billing and Compliance Update (Webinar)

23 - New Nurses "Super Union" Vows to Become Organizing Machine: Are You Prepared? (Webinar)

25 - Federal Appeals Process for RAC Determinations of Improper Payment: What Every Hospital Must Know! (Webinar)

12-13 - Physician Leadership Development Conference (Kohler)

April, 2010

6 - Wisconsin Payment Reform Leadership Summit (Waukesha)

6 - Wis. Chapter of ACHE: The Future of the Physician Workforce (Middleton)

7 - Observation: Challenges of Coverage and Compliance (Webinar)

13 - Advocacy Day (Madison)

13 - Problematic & Challenging Joint Commission Standards: Solutions for Hospitals (Webinar)

21 - CMS Hospital Anesthesia Standards: Ensuring Compliance (Webinar)

22 - Making the Transition to Management (Webinar)

The Resources...

Letter to Senators Kohl, Feingold and Representatives Baldwin, Kind and Obey, in support of a provision contained in the Senate health care reform proposal (1/4/10)

Letter to Senator Miller and Rep. Pocan from Secretary Timberlake re: Hospital Assessment (1/7/10)

H1N1 Federal Emergency/Regulatory Waivers

WHA Letter Re: CAH Waiver (10//09)

Waiver Document (10/27/09)

Written Guidance Requesting Waiver (10/27/09)

AHA Questions and Answers (10/28/09)

WHIAC Radio Ads

News Release: Overtime Legislation Jeopardizes Patient Safety, Adds Millions to Budget Deficit (9/17/09)

News Release: Wisconsin Hospitals Continue to Invest in Health Information Technology--More than 90 percent have implemented key technologies; Half are "heavy users" of information technology (9/10/09)
Report: Wisconsin Hospitals Build HIT Foundation (9/09)

News Release: Federal Agency Ranks Wisconsin #1 in Health Care Quality (6/26/09)
Hospital Assessment - 2009
Hospital Assessment - 2008
Billing and Collection Archive of information

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