OHA - The Ohio Hospital Association

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Tiffany Himmelreich
Manager, Media & Public Relations
tiffanyh@ohanet.org
614-221-7614 x128

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About OHA
Who We Are
A brochure about OHA and its many services to member hospitals
OHA staff

OHA News Releases
Cleveland, Akron Hospitals Racing to Rescue Heart Patients - 9.3.08
Rural Hospitals Get Federal, State Grants - 8.8.08
Ohio Hospital Association Welcomes New Lobbyists - 8.7.08
Friends of Ohio Hospitals Endorses Stratton, O’Connor - 8.1.08

News Release Archives

Resources
Glossary of Health Care Terms
Health care and legislative terms, acronyms and Web sites
Media Guide for Hospitals in Ohio: General Guidelines for Hospitals and the News Media
Information on communication of facts and data regarding patients, specifically outlining the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
American Hospital Association's HIPAA Tools
Resources, regulations, testimony and other communications.

Fact Sheets
Billing and Collections
Charity Care and HCAP
HIPAA
Medicaid
Medical Liability Insurance Crisis
Medicare
Preventable Adverse Events
Quality Reporting
Tax-Exemption
Transparency
Uninsured and Underinsured

Workforce

Hospital Information
2008 Community Benefit Report
Outlines Ohio hospitals $1.8 billion in community benefit.
Ohio Hospital Facts
Basic information on Ohio hospitals, drawn from the American Hospital Association's Annual Survey.
OHA Member Hospitals
OHA member organizations, arranged alphabetically, with profiles and photos
County Profiles
Who pays for health care, leading causes of death, the economic impact of hospitals, and hospital use by county.
Statewide profile
Ohio Hospital Closures
Ohio hospitals that have closed since 1980
Directory of America's Hospitals
The U.S. News & World Report/American Hospital Association directory with facts and figures on more than 6,000 hospitals.
Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals
Statistics on hospitals nationwide, provided by the American Hospital Association


2008 Community Benefit Report
Fact sheet
News release

Related Links
Association of Health Care Journalists
www.ahcj.umn.edu/
Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Fluwatch
www.fluwatch.com
HIPAA Joint Privacy Information Center
www.bricker.com/hipaa/
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
www.ire.org
Ohio Department of Health Pressroom
www.odhpressroom.org
Ohio Department of Health Primary Care County Profiles www.odh.ohio.gov/healthStats/locdata/
primcare1.aspx
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov

OHA - HealthBeat
Reforming the Health Care System: May the Best Candidate Win
With rising gas prices, a struggling economy and higher health care premiums, many Americans are struggling to pay for higher health care and insurance costs. Health care is a top concern for registered voters and therefore a vital issue for the presidential candidates. The candidates’ health care platforms touch on reducing high costs, lowering the number of uninsured Americans and repairing a broken delivery system, including a Medicare program on the verge of bankruptcy and a Medicaid program too expensive for many states.

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