2008 OHA Hospital Law Handbook Available
A new edition of the OHA Hospital Law Handbook is now available.  The Handbook is a compendium of Ohio statutes and regulations applicable to hospitals, physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers.  The new edition consists of more than 900 pages organized into eleven chapters with all of the approximately 950 statutes and regulations current to January 1, 2008.  More than 70 new provisions were added and the index was expanded, ranging from "abandoned baby" to "x-ray".  However, detailed Medicaid and Workers' Compensation rules, and laws applicable to certain allied healthcare workers (e.g., radiographers) are not included.   The cost for OHA members is only $100 (including shipping & handling). The price for nonmembers is $150 (including shipping & handling). For more information or to place an order contact rhondam@ohanet.org

Handbook Update
As a new service to purchasers of the Handbook, OHA will periodically provide information on this Web page alerting purchasers to Ohio statute and rule changes.  Readers are invited to email Rick Sites (ricks@ohanet.org) if other changes should be listed on the attached update.

Hospital Reporting Bulletin
Handbook purchasers will receive a copy of an OHA bulletin listing approximately 75 hospital reporting obligations under Ohio statutes and regulations.  The bulletin is keyed to pages in the Handbook where the reporting requirement is recited in statute or rule.