OHA- Who To Call

Who to Call at OHA

Find a list of who to call at OHA, arranged alphabetically by subject matter.

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OHA staff can be reached at:
Ohio Hospital Association
155 E. Broad St., Floor 15
Columbus, OH 43215
614.221.7614
614.221.4771 (fax)
www.ohanet.org

For additional information on OHA staff view the OHA Staff Directory.

A
Abuse, reporting of child and/or patient - Rick Sites
Access to health care - Berna Bell
Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable (OHA Internal) - Erin Reimer
Accreditation - Rosalie Weakland
Admitting, Billing and Collection - Charles Cataline
Advance Directives - Rick Sites /Jean Scholz
Advocacy Network - Stacy Conrad
Advocacy Report - Laura Landis
Age Discrimination Act - Mary Gallagher/Nancy Engbers Falk
Agency Staffing - Nancy Melcher-Webb/Amy Bangert
American College of Healthcare Executives - Jim Castle
American Hospital Association - Jim Castle
   Advocacy - Jonathan Archey
   Membership - David Nichols
   Data - David Engler
Americans With Disabilities Act - Mary Gallagher/Nancy Engbers Falk
Amicus Briefs - Rick Sites/Mary Gallagher
Annual Meeting (OHA) - Joe Ruggles
   Recognition Dinner - Tiffany Himmelreich
Anti-kickback Statute - Mary Gallagher
Antitrust - Mary Gallagher
Attorney General (Ohio) - Mary Gallagher/Rick Sites
Attorney General's Victims of Crime Compensation - Charles Cataline
Audited Financial Statements - Berna Bell
Autopsies - Rick Sites
Auxiliaries - Paula Almendinger
Awards - Tiffany Himmelreich

B
Behavioral Health - Berna Bell /Jean Scholz
Billing, hospital - Charles Cataline
Bills, copies of House and Senate - Laura Landis
Federal - Jonathan Archey
State - Laura Landis
Bioterrorism - Carol Jacobson/Rick Sites
Blood Borne Pathogens - Rick Sites
Blood Supply - Jean Scholz
Board of Nursing (Ohio) - Jean Scholz
Board of Pharmacy (Ohio) - Jean Scholz
Board of Regents - Bridget Gargan/Jean Scholz
Board of Trustees, OHA - Mary Woodring/Jim Castle
Boards of Trustees (hospitals) - Reed Fraley
Building Codes and Standards - Rick Sites
Bureau of Employment Services (Ohio) - Brenda Slagle
Bureau of Workers’ Compensation - Charles Cataline

C
Capital Financing - John Callender
CARE Measures - Rosalie Weakland /Virginia Swan
careLearning - David Grunwell /Joe Ruggles
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Charles Cataline
CEOhio - Mary Sterenberg
Certificate of Need - Rick Sites/Bridget Gargan
CHAMPUS/Tricare - Charles Cataline
Charge Analysis - Dan Paoletti
Clinical Services - Jean Scholz
Committees (OHA)
   Admitting, Billing and Collection - Charles Cataline
   Behavioral Health Work Group - Berna Bell
   CEO Committee on Advocacy and Policy - Bridget Gargan
   Environmental Leadership - Rick Sites
   Finance - Charles Cataline /Ryan Biles
   Medicaid Task Force - Berna Bell /Ryan Biles
   Ohio Council of Teaching Hospitals - Jonathan Archey
   Quality Improvement and Accreditation - Rosalie Weakland /Dorothy Aldridge
   Risk and Insurance Management - Rick Sites
   Safety Leadership - Rick Sites/Carol Jacobson
   Small and Rural Hospitals - David Nichols
   Workforce Committee - Jean Scholz
Community Benefit Report
   Bad Debt - Charles Cataline
   CBISA/Lyon Software - Virginia Swan
   Charity Care - Charles Cataline
   Community Activity Expenses - Charles Cataline
   Community Benefit Project Leaders - John Callender/Mary Yost
   General Questions - Donna Dugas
   Hospital Stories - Mary Sterenberg
   Media Coverage - Tiffany Himmelreich
   Medicaid Loss - Ryan Biles
   Medicare Loss - Berna Bell
Communicable Diseases - Rick Sites
Community Health Status - David Engler
Comparative Outcome Profile - Virginia Swan
Compensation, executive - Jim Castle/Mary Gallagher
Complaints Against Hospitals - Donna Dugas
Compliance Issues - Mary Gallagher
Conditions of Participation (CoP) - Rosalie Weakland /Charles Cataline/Rick Sites
Confidentiality - Rick Sites
Congress - Jonathan Archey
Consent Policies - Rick Sites
Continuing Education - Joe Ruggles
Continuous Service Readiness - Rosalie Weakland /Dorothy Aldridge
Core Measures (CARE) - Rosalie Weakland /Virginia Swan
Corporate Partners - Joe Ruggles /Jackie Silvis
Corporate Practice of Medicine - Mary Gallagher
Cost reports
   Hospital Price Disclosure - Dan Paoletti/Dorothy Aldridge
   Medicaid - Charles Cataline/RyanBiles
   Medicare - Charles Cataline/Berna Bell
Critical Access Hospitals - David Nichols/Rick Sites

D
Data Disclosure and Management - David Engler
Data Requests -Dan Paoletti
Death and Dying - Rick Sites/Jean Scholz
Demographic Data -Dan Paoletti
Directory, OHA Membership - Kim Keiser
Disaster Planning - Carol Jacobson/Rick Sites
Discharge Data - Dan Paoletti
Disclosure of Information - Rick Sites
Distance Education - David Grunwell
DNR - Rick Sites
DRGs - Charles Cataline
Drug Testing, Drug Abuse Policy - Mary Gallagher /Nancy Engbers Falk
Dues (AHA, OHA) - Chris Weyand/John Callender

E
Education - Joe Ruggles
EDU-clips - Jackie Silvis
Electricity - Rick Sites
Emergency Health Services -Charles Cataline
Emergency Preparedness - Carol Jacobson/Rick Sites
Employment, laws and regulations -Mary Gallagher/Nancy Engbers Falk
EMTALA - Mary Gallagher
End of Life - Rick Sites/Jean Scholz
Energy Issues - Rick Sites
Engineering - Rick Sites
EnviroNews - Susan Zabo/Rick Sites
Environmental Leadership Council - Rick Sites/Susan Zabo
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Rick Sites/Susan Zabo
Equipment Purchasing - John Callender
ERISA - Mary Gallagher/John Callender

F
False Claims Act - Mary Gallagher
Family and Medical Leave Act - Mary Gallagher/Nancy Engbers Falk
Federal Register - Valerie Adams
Field Staff Services - David Nichols /Reed Fraley/Cliff Lehman
Finance Committee (OHA) - Charles Cataline /Ryan Biles
Financing, capital - John Callender
Flu - Rick Sites/Carol Jacobson
Foundation for Healthy Communities - Maggie Williams/Mary Yost
Fraud and Abuse - Mary Gallagher
Free Care Requirements - Charles Cataline/Ryan Biles
Freestanding Health Care Centers - Rick Sites
Friends of Ohio Hospitals - Stacey Conrad/Bridget Gargan
Funding for Health Care - John Callender
FutureThink - Jean Scholz/Susan Zabo

G
General Assembly (Ohio) - Bridget Gargan/Jeff Klingler
Glossary of Health Care Terms - Mary Sterenberg
Governing Boards, hospitals - Reed Fraley
Government Hospitals - Rick Sites
Government Relations, federal - Jonathan Archey/John Callender
Government Relations, state - Bridget Gargan/Jeff Klingler/Stacey Conrad
Governor’s Office - Bridget Gargan
Graduate Medical Education - Berna Bell
Grantwriting/Grantseeking - Mary Yost/Maggie Williams

H
Hazardous Materials - Rick Sites/ Carol Jacobson
HB197 Quality/Safety Rules - Mary Drake
Health Department - Rick Sites
HealthBeat - Mary Sterenberg
Health Care Worker of the Year Award - Tiffany Himmelreich
HEALTH e-NEWS Plus - Mary Sterenberg
Subscriptions - Donna Dugas
Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of - Charles Cataline/John Callender
Health Information Exchange - Rick Sites/Kim Keiser
Health Insuring Corporations (HICs) - Mary Gallagher
Health Maintenance Organizations - Mary Gallagher
Data - Berna Bell
Health Systems - Reed Fraley
Healthy Communities Newsletter - Maggie Williams
Hill-Burton Program (charity care) - Charles Cataline
HIPAA Privacy Rules - David Engler/Rick Sites
Home Health Services - Jean Scholz/Rosalie Weakland
Hospice - Jean Scholz/Rosalie Weakland
Hospital Care Assurance Program - Ryan Biles/John Callender
Hospital Government Relations Officers - Bridget Gargan/Jeff Klingler/Laura Landis
Hospital Law Handbook - Rick Sites
Hospital Professional Liability Insurance - Rick Sites
Hospital Registration - Rick Sites

I
Immunization - Carol Jacobson/Rick Sites
Indigent Care - Ryan Biles/Charles Cataline
Industrial Commission - Charles Cataline
Infants/Abandonment - Jeff Klinger
Infectious Waste - Rick Sites
Infectious Diseases - Rick Sites
Influenza - Rick Sites/Carol Jacobson
Information Technology - Kim Keiser/ScottConaway/Brendan Woulfe
Informed Consent - Rick Sites
INSIGHT (OHA) - Dan Paoletti
Insurance, malpractice and liability
OHA - Rick Sites
OHAIS - Susan Stanfield
Insurance, health - Mary Gallagher

J
Joint Commission - Rosalie Weakland
Joint Commission Walk-Through - Rosalie Weakland
Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review - Rick Sites / Bridget Gargan

L
Law Handbook - Rick Sites
Lease Financing - John Callender
Legal - Mary Gallagher/Rick Sites
Legislation, federal - Jonathan Archey /John Callender
Legislation, state - Bridget Gargan/Jeff Klingler
Liability Insurance - Rick Sites
Licensed Practical Nurse Association - Jean Scholz
Licensing Boards - Jean Scholz
Licensure, Psychiatric facilities - Jean Scholz/Berna Bell
Life Safety Code - Rick Sites
Limited Practitioners - Jean Scholz
Litigation Support - Rick Sites/Mary Gallagher/Nancy Engbers Falk
Living Wills - Rick Sites
Lobbying & Expenditure Percent of Dues - Erin Reimer
Long Term Care - Rick Sites
Long Term Acute Care Hospitals - David Nichols /Rick Sites

M
Malpractice Insurance
   OHA - Rick Sites
   OHAIS - Susan Stanfield
Managed Care - Mary Gallagher
Manual, Uniform billing - Charles Cataline
Market Share Analysis - Dan Paoletti
Maternity Licensure - Jean Scholz/Rosalie Weakland/Rick Sites
Media Relations - Tiffany Himmelreich /Mary Yost
Medicaid
   Billing - Charles Cataline
   Managed Care - Charles Cataline /Berna Bell
   Policy/Fiscal - Berna Bell /Charles Cataline
Medical Board, Ohio State - Jean Scholz
Medical Errors - Rosalie Weakland /David Engler
Medical Malpractice/Medical Professional Liability
   OHA - Rick Sites
   OHAIS - Susan Stanfield
Medical Opportunities in Ohio - John Callender/Debbie Wolfe
Medical Records - Jeff Klingler/Rick Sites
Medical Staff - Jim Castle/Mary Gallagher
Medical Waste - Rick Sites
Medicare
   Fiscal - Charles Cataline
   Peer Review Organizations - Charles Cataline
   Regulations - Charles Cataline
Meeting Arrangements - Jeannette Noll
Membership (OHA) - Chris Weyand/David Nichols /Cliff Lehman
Membership Services - Chris Weyand
   Associate and Affiliate - Joe Ruggles/Jackie Silvis
Mental Health, Ohio Department of - Berna Bell
Mercury - Rick Sites/Susan Zabo
Minimum Wage - Nancy Engbers Falk
Mortality Data - David Engler

N
National Government Services (Medicare Contractor) - Charles Cataline
National Practitioner Data Bank - Rick Sites
National Provider Identifier - Charles Cataline/Rick Sites
National Rural Health Association (NRHA) - David Nichols
Natural Gas - Rick Sites
Newborn Testing - Rick Sites
News Releases - Tiffany Himmelreich
Newsletters (OHA) - Mary Sterenberg
Nurse Practitioner - Jean Scholz
Nursing, education and schools of - Jean Scholz
Nursing Home Licensure - Rick Sites
Nursing Homes, preadmission assessment - Jean Scholz
Nursing, Ohio Council on - Jean Scholz

O
OHA Compliance Update - Mary Gallagher
OHA Insurance Solutions (OHAIS) - Susan Stanfield
OHA Solutions - Dan Paoletti
   Energy - Rick Sites
   Executive Search - Mary Woodring
   Grassroots Advocacy - Jeff Klingler
   OHHealthJobs.net- Nancy Melcher-Webb/Amy Bangert
   Workforce Initiatives - Amy Bangert
OHHealthJobs.net - Amy Bangert/Dan Paoletti
Ohio Department of Health - Rick Sites/Jean Scholz
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - Ryan Biles/Charles Cataline/Berna Bell
Ohio Department of Insurance - Mary Gallagher/Berna Bell
Ohio EPA - Rick Sites
Ohio Health Council - John Callender
Ohio Hospital Capital Inc. - John Callender
Ohio League for Nursing - Jean Scholz
Ohio Nurses Association - Jean Scholz
Ohio Patient Safety Institute - David Engler /Rosalie Weakland
Ohio Psychiatric Association - Berna Bell
Ohio Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Rick Sites/Carol Jacobson
Ohio State Association of Nurse Anesthetists - Jean Scholz
Ohio State Medical Association - Jim Castle/John Callender
Ohio Tobacco Control Resource Group - Stacey Conrad
OPSI Bulletin - Dorothy Aldridge/Rosalie Weakland
Organ Donation - Jeff Klingler/Laura Landis/Rick Sites
ORYX Indicators - Rosalie Weakland

P
PAC Information - Stacey Conrad/Bridget Gargan
Patient Financial Services - Charles Cataline
Patient Origin Studies -Dan Paoletti
Patient Outcomes - David Engler/Mary Drake
Patient Relations - Paula Almendinger
Patient Safety - Rosalie Weakland
Patient Safety Indicators AHRQ report - Rosalie Weakland /Virginia Swan/Mary Drake
Phone Conferences - Jackie Silvis
Physician Recruitment - Paula Almendinger
Physician Referral Laws - Mary Gallagher
Physician Reporting - Rick Sites
Physicians Assistants - Bridget Gargan/Jean Scholz
Political Action - Stacey Conrad/Bridget Gargan
Pollution - Rick Sites
Price Disclosure Reports - Dan Paoletti/Dorothy Aldridge
Professional Liability - Susan Stanfield
Prompt Pay - Charles Cataline/Mary Gallagher/Jeff Klingler
Psychiatric Services, facilities and regulations - Berna Bell
Public Health Council - Rick Sites
Public Records - Rick Sites
Public Relations - Mary Yost/Tiffany Himmelreich/Mary Sterenberg

Q
Quality Assurance - Rosalie Weakland
Quality Collaboratives - David Engler/Mary Drake
Quality Data - David Engler/Rosalie Weakland /Virginia Swan/Mary Drake
Quality Improvement/Accreditation Committee - Rosalie Weakland /Dorothy Aldridge
Quality Matters Newsletter - Rosalie Weakland /Dorothy Aldridge
Quality Reporting - Mary Drake

R
Radioactive Material and Radiation Waste - Rick Sites
Recognition Dinner - Tiffany Himmelreich
Regional Health Associations - Jim Castle
Reimbursement, Hospitals - Charles Cataline
Research and Educational Foundation - David Engler
Respiratory Therapy Services - Jean Scholz
Return on Investment publication - Mary Sterenberg
Risk and Insurance Management Committee - Rick Sites
Rules, Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review - Valerie Adams
Rural Health Care, hospitals - David Nichols
Rural Health Clinics - David Nichols
Reimbursement - Charles Cataline

S
Safe Harbors - Mary Gallagher
Safety Campaign - Rhonda Major-Mack/Rick Sites
Safety Leadership Council - Rick Sites/Carol Jacobson
Salary Survey (OHA) - Jean Scholz/Debbie Wolfe
SB5O Quality/Safety Rules - Rick Sites/David Engler/Mary Drake
Security, Hospital - David Nichols/Rick Sites
Small and Rural Hospital Committee - David Nichols/Cliff Lehman
Smoke-free Campuses - Donna Dugas
Smoke-free Ohio - Stacey Conrad
Societies, Affiliated (OHA) - Paula Almendinger
Staff Directory - Donna Dugas
Staffing Program - Nancy Melcher-Webb/Amy Bangert
Stark Prohibitions - Mary Gallagher
State Office of Rural Health - David Nichols
Statewide Clinical and Financial Database - David Engler
Statistics, Ohio hospitals - David Engler
Strategic Planning - Jim Castle
Substance Abuse Programs - Berna Bell
Supreme Court - Rick Sites/Mary Gallagher
Surveys - see salary survey
Surveys, Joint Commission - Rosalie Weakland
Swing Beds - Charles Cataline

T
Tax Exemption - John Callender /Mary Gallagher
Taxation - Mary Gallagher/John Callender
Teleconferencing - Jackie Silvis
Terrorism - Carol Jacobson/Rick Sites
Tobacco-free Campuses - Donna Dugas
Tobacco Settlement - Jeff Klingler
   Tobacco Grants - Maggie Williams
Transparency - Mary Drake/Jeff Klingler
Trauma Centers - Bridget Gargan/Rick Sites/Carol Jacobson
Tricare/CHAMPUS - Charles Cataline
Trustees
   Education - Reed Fraley /Joe Ruggles
   Hospital Boards of - Reed Fraley
   OHA Board of - Jim Castle

U
UB 04 - Charles Cataline
Uncompensated Care - Charles Cataline /Ryan Biles
Underground Storage Tanks - Rick Sites
Unemployment Compensation Program - Brenda Slagle /Deborah Ansel/Susan Chmelovsky
Uniform Billing - Charles Cataline
Uninsured - Berna Bell/Ryan Biles/Charles Cataline
Utilization Rates - Dan Paoletti

V
Validation Surveys (ODH/Joint Commission) - Rosalie Weakland/Rick Sites
Victims of Crime Compensation - Charles Cataline

W
Waste Management - Rick Sites/Susan Zabo
Web site (OHA) - Tiffany Himmelreich/Mary Sterenberg/Scott Conaway
Passwords - Scott Conaway
Workers’ Compensation - Charles Cataline
Workers’ Compensation Group-Rated Program - Brenda Slagle
Workforce Issues - Jean Scholz

X
X-ray Regulation - Rick Sites

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