OHA News Releases
2003

12.12.03
Hospitals Welcome Federal Moratorium
Ohio hospitals welcome the enactment this week of an 18-month federal moratorium on new physician-owned specialty hospitals. See more

11.19.03
New Hospital Leaders Join OHA Board
Ohio hospitals have elected a new Chair and several new Trustees-At-Large to serve on the 2004 Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) Board of Trustees. See more

9.12.03
Ohio Turns Up Heat on Pollution Prevention
Ohio is joining the national fight against pollution next week during National Pollution Prevention Week, Sept. 15-21. See more

8.22.03

New Hospital Venture to Stabilize Med Mal Market

Joining together with the state’s hospitals, the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) Board of Trustees last week approved the creation of a new hospital-owned medical malpractice liability insurance company for physicians and hospitals to help stabilize the Ohio medical malpractice market. See more

7.11.03
Medicare Pilots Smoking Cessation Program
COLUMBUS — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Ohio Hospital Association are working to inform Medicare patients about the Medicare Stop Smoking Program, which will offer reimbursement for different smoking cessation treatments to Ohio beneficiaries.  See more

6.10.03
Hospital Heroes Receive Star Treatment
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In the Ohio hospital community’s version of the Academy Awards, 46 hospital employees, including nurses, radiology technicians, library managers and more, were honored just for being nominated for this year’s Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award, presented by the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA). See more

5.23.03
Hospital Employee Safety is Golden

COLUMBUS, Ohio –  In the face of new challenges such as bioterrorism, hospitals throughout Ohio are celebrating 50 years of recognition for their superior efforts to keep employees safe. See more

5.16.03
Federal Report Supports Need for Legislation

COLUMBUS — Physician-owned, limited-service specialty hospitals pose a significant and growing threat to full-service community hospitals, according to a report to members of Congress released Thursday. See more

5.16.03
MEDIA ADVISORY: Ohio Hospitals to Celebrate Caregivers June 9
OHA is recognizing 46 hospital nominees for the Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award (see attached list) in addition to seven other health care awards. Four finalists and one ultimate recipient of the Health Care Worker of the Year will be announced at the event. See more

4.25.03
Hospitals Sponsor Prevention Programs for Special Populations
The Foundation for Healthy Communities of the Ohio Hospital Association, awarded grants totaling $50,745 to four hospitals committed to increasing physical activity and reducing sexually transmitted diseases (SDTs) among special populations. See more

03.05.03
Health Care Providers Think Big for Optimum Future
Imagine a world with an endless supply of nurses, paperless medical records and hospitals stocked with robots to gather supplies, leaving health care providers to do what they do best – take care of patients. See more

02.26.03
Hospitals' Medicaid Freeze Compounded by Lost Federal Aid
With a looming freeze in Medicaid payments, Ohio hospitals could face reductions of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in state and federal funding over the next three years. See more

01.10.03
Tobacco Funds to Help the Uninsured
Ohio hospitals are receiving $762,317 in tobacco grants toward programs which will benefit uninsured pregnant women and children. See more

01.08.03
Peer Review Process Protection Enhanced  
Hospitals and physicians can continue quality improvement efforts with a greater sense of security following today’s enactment of the first of three essential pieces of tort reform legislation. See more

01.03.03
New Members Join Research and Educational Foundation Board
The Research and Educational Foundation (REF) of the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) welcomes new members to its board. See more

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2002
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