Week of July 23, 2007

• Ohio Reps Support Amendment to Protect Medicare Reimbursement to Hospitals

• Win an iPod Shuffle or $75 Target gift card!

• QUIT LINE Provides Kits for Maternal and Child Health Providers

• OHA Intervenes in FirstEnergy PUCO Electric Rate Case 

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Sandy Delzeith

• Hospitals Lead the Way

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Lynn C. Wright, BSN

• Living Wills and Advance Directives Week Planned for October

• State Medical Board Makes a Move

• RNs Should Destroy, Return License Duplicates

Week of July 16, 2007

• Hospitals’ Statewide Community Benefit Tops $1.5 Billion (Monday)

• Win an iPod Shuffle or $75 Target gift card! (Monday)

• OHA Salary Survey Extends Deadline (Tuesday)

• Children Services Offers Free Training on New Guidelines (Tuesday)

• Governor’s Executive Order Allows Independent Home Care Workers to Bargain Collectively (Wednesday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Lisa Berning, RN (Wednesday)

• IRS Releases Interim Report on Tax-Exempt Hospitals (Thursday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Ann Lensch, RN, MS (Thursday)

• Medicare Outpatient PPS and ASC Rules Released (Friday)

• Ohio Hospital Community Benefit: $1.5 billion, Actual Impact on the Lives of Ohioans: Priceless (Friday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Susan Miller, RN (Friday)

Week of July 9, 2007

• CMS Eases Medicaid Proof-of-Citizenship Requirements (Monday)

• Proposed Bill Would Provide Tax Breaks for Corporate Wellness Programs (Tuesday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Shirley Conley, RN, BSN, CDE (Tuesday)

• Disney Professional Development Program Invites Hospital Reps (Wednesday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Sandra Nearhood, RN (Wednesday)

• CMS Approves Use of Patient Restraints by PAs & APNs (Thursday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Shirley Fitz, RN (Thursday)

• Congress Nears Decision on SCHIP, White House Threatens Veto (Friday)

Week of July 2, 2007

• Hospitals Secure Inpatient Update in Final State Budget (Monday)

• U.S. Senate Rejects Immigration Bill (Tuesday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Douglas Boston, RN (Tuesday)

• Ohio Tobacco QUIT LINE Offers Nurses Help, Pampering (Thursday)

• Hospitals’ Heartbeat - Michael Seelman, BSN, MS (Thursday)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Updates Flu Recommendations (Friday)