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HEALTH e-News Archives

December 2001

Week of December 31, 2001

• Nursing Shortage Bills Move Closer to Passing (Wednesday)

• Bioterrorism Preparedness Bill Goes to Conference (Wednesday)

• Previously Awarded Tobacco Grants Not Affected by Budget Cuts (Thursday)

• ODI Warns Consumers of Insurance Scam (Thursday)

• HIPAA Transaction Standards Delayed (Friday)

• Health Appropriations Bill Heads to President’s Desk (Friday)

Week of December 17, 2001

• OHA Asks Congress to Delay OPPS Rule (Monday)

• Final September 11^th Check Sent This Week (Monday)

• No Reported Flu Cases in Ohio; Hospital Capacity Data Requested (Tuesday)

• JCAHO Surveying Home Health on ORYX Requirements (Tuesday)

• OPPS Rule Delayed; Hospitals to be Paid at 2001 Rates (Wednesday)

• Health Care Futurist Sheds Light on New Possibilities for Health Care Workforce (Thursday)

• Safe Havens Materials Available (Friday)

• OHA News Readership Survey Results Are In (Friday)

Week of December 10, 2001

• Nigerian Scam Targets Hospital Via E-Mail (Monday)

• Appalachian Children’s Health Improving (Tuesday)

• St. Paul Insurance Pulls Out of Medical Malpractice Market  (Wednesday)

• Don’t Miss Your Chance for Input (Thursday)

• Budget Compromise Legislation Uses Tobacco Dollars, Leaves Medicaid Intact (Friday)

• Health Care Sector Openings Are Bright Spot In Struggling Job Market (Friday)

Week of December 3, 2001

• JCARR Approves Rules Governing APNs Prescriptive Authority (Monday)

• OIG Issues Ambulance Restocking Safe Harbor  (Tuesday)

• Portions of Stark II, Phase I Rules Delayed (Tuesday)

• Medicare Regulatory Reform Bill Passes House (Wednesday)

• Comments Requested on 7^th Statement of Work Contract (Thursday)

• OPPS Rule Part Two Released (Thursday)

• Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Continues to Harden (Friday)

• Lab Billing Investigations Conclude in Ohio (Friday)

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