Week of June 5, 2006

• Agencies Prepare NIMS Compliance Guidance (Monday)

• OHA Opposes Proposed Change to Medicare Discharge Notice (Tuesday)

• Health Plans Sought for ABD Managed Care (Wednesday)

• Federal Immigration Bill Addresses Caregiver Shortages (Thursday)

• IRS Posts Community Benefits Compliance Checklist (Friday)

• Final Reminder for OHA Annual Meeting (Friday)

Week of June 12, 2006

• State’s Top Political Leaders Address Hospital Executives (Monday)

• OHA Announces Health Care Worker of the Year (Tuesday)

• NIMS Compliance Guidance Now Available (Wednesday)

• CDC Issues Avian Flu Lab Testing Guidance (Wednesday)

• Hospitals Required to Offer Flu Vaccine (Thursday)

• ODH Laboratory Has a New Location (Thursday)

• BWC Full Steam Ahead on Payment Plan (Friday)

• 100K Lives Campaign Comes to a Close, Surpasses Goal (Friday)

Week of June 19, 2006

• JCAHO Releases 2007 Patient Safety Goals (Monday)

• OHA Asks CMS to Delay IHPPS Rules (Tuesday)

• HHS Releases $1.2 Billion in Funding to States for Emergency Preparedness (Tuesday)

• C. Diff Reporting Requirements Altered (Wednesday)

• IOM Releases Report; Addresses Overburdened Emergency Care (Wednesday)

• Board Moves Community Benefit Report Forward (Thursday)

• Ohio Med Mal Market Stabilizing (Thursday)

• New Initiative Aims To End Wait For Organ Transplants In Ohio (Friday)

• OHA Center for Education (Friday)

Week of June 26, 2006

• Ohio’s Medicare Final Enrollment Numbers Exceed Expectations (Monday)

• Hospital Help Needed to Prevent Medicaid Cuts (Tuesday)

• ODH Implements Newborn Hearing Screening Requirements (Wednesday)

• New Hospital Data Available on Hospital Compare Site (Wednesday)

• SmokeFreeOhio Receives 400^th Official Vote of Support (Thursday)

• Attorney General Releases Draft of Charitable Organization Regulations (Friday)

• Hospitals Plan to Become Tobacco Quit Sites for Patients (Friday)

• OHA Program Prepares Hospitals for JCAHO Surveys (Friday)