Below are previous issues of UPDATE, the weekly newsletter of the Connecticut Hospital Association.
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05/10/2012
Frank A. Corvino, President and CEO, Greenwich Hospital, Recognized as Grassroots Champion; Healthcare Law Increases Payments to Doctors for Primary Care; Legislators Pass Numerous Bills in Final Days of Session ; General Assembly Adjourns 2012 Regular Session Sine Die: Malloy Addresses Legislators; Education Updates; CHA Comments on Meaningful Use Proposed Rules; Leaders Take Hospital Message to Washington;
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05/03/2012
House and Senate Pass Telepharmacy Bill; Appropriations Committee Fails To Take Action On Issues Of Interest To Hospitals; Regional Health Equity Council Meets at CHA; Save the date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012; Education Updates; Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council Honors Minority Suppliers; Partnership Receives Award to Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions; Certificates of Merit Bill Redrafted and Passed by State Senate; CHA Presents Successful High Reliability Boot Camp;
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04/26/2012
CHA Minority Vendor Fair – Save the Date; Education Update; CHA Diversity Collaborative Discusses Cultural Competence; House and Senate Vote on Measures of Importance to Hospitals ; Economic Forces Impact the Future of Healthcare ; 5th District Congressional Candidate Addresses Hospital Leaders ; Connecticut Hospitals Reduced Infections: CDC Report ;
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04/19/2012
CHA’s HCAHPS Learning Network Holds Successful Teleconference; Nationally Recognized Experts Headline CHA Executive Summit ; Noted Filmmaker/HRET Board Member Highlights Low-Cost Excellent Healthcare in America ; General Assembly Acts on Several Bills of Interest to Hospitals; CHA Opposes CMS Proposed Rule on Medicare Overpayments;
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04/12/2012
CHA-Backed Bills Advance; Connecticut Education Leaders Meet with Hospital Executives; Report: How Physician Compensation is Evolving from Volume- to Value-Based Metrics ; One-Year Delay Proposed for ICD-10; CHA’s Popular HCAHPS Learning Network to Hold Teleconference; Nationally Recognized Experts Headline CHA Executive Summit;
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04/05/2012
Western Connecticut Health Network and Norwalk Hospital to Explore Affiliation; Education Updates; “Like” CHA on Facebook; Malpractice, Reimbursement, and Healthcare Reform Worry Medical Residents ; Nominations Open for Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award®; Legislative Activity: Reporting Deadlines Reached; Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2013 Budget Adjustments; Connecticut Hospital Safety Leaders to Participate in National Fellowship; Save the Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012;
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03/29/2012
Join us at the 2012 CHA Healthcare Executive Summit; Education Updates; Stephen W. Larcen, PhD, Named CEO of Windham Hospital; Public Health Committee: Reporting Deadline Tomorrow; CHA Diversity Collaborative Session: How Hospitals Can Better Support Black Nurses; Excitement Builds for New Initiatives at 10th Annual CHA Patient Safety Summit ;
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03/22/2012
Yale New Haven Health System’s Gayle Capozzalo Elected Chair of National Healthcare Organization; Education Update; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Releases Annual Report; Committees Reach Joint Favorable (JF) Reporting Deadline; House GOP FY 2013 Federal Budget Resolution Calls for Healthcare Cuts; Judiciary Committee Advances Certificate of Merit Bill: Opposed by Hospital and Physician Community; Bills Released from Committees; CHA Testifies on Establishing a Basic Health Plan and Other Bills of Interest to Hospitals; Tomorrow: Donald Berwick, MD, to Headline CHA’s 2012 Patient Safety Summit;
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03/15/2012
Education Updates; Connecticut Nursing Collaborative Named as Action Coalition by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action; Public Health Committee to Hold Public Hearing ; CHA Testifies On Establishing A Basic Health Plan; Senate Passes Highway Bill: Pension Funding Language Included; CHA-Backed Bills Advance ; CHA Launch of HCAHPS Learning Network Draws Hundreds of Participants;
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03/08/2012
Education Update; Richard D'Aquila Named President and Chief Operating Officer at Yale-New Haven Hospital; CHA Awards – Deadline in One Week; Register Now for CHA’s 2012 Patient Safety Summit; Public Health and General Law Committees Holding Public Hearings; Hospitals Argue Against Weakening Medical Malpractice Laws;
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03/01/2012
Renowned National Patient Safety Leader Donald Berwick, MD, to Headline CHA’s 2012 Patient Safety Summit; Education Updates; The Connecticut Hospice Among First to Receive Advanced Certification for Palliative Care; Dr. Stuart Marcus Named President of St. Vincent’s Medical Center; FDA Addresses Cancer Drug Shortage; Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposed Rule Released; CHA Provides Testimony on Two Bills; Sixth Annual Smart Moves Forum on Safe Patient Handling Draws Crowd;
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02/23/2012
Education Updates; CT Hospitals Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week; CHA Testifies on Bills Impacting Hospitals; Congressional Action on Payroll Tax Cut and “Doc Fix”; CHA Annual Meeting – Save the Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012;
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02/16/2012
CT Hospitals Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week; Education Updates; CHA Awards – Now Accepting Nominations; CHA Insurance Services Partners with Marsh U.S. Consumer; Yale-New Haven’s Marna Borgstrom Named to Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care; CHA to Testify in Opposition to Proposed Cuts to Medicaid; Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions Collaborative Holds Sixth Session;
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02/09/2012
Education Updates; CHA’s 2012 Smart Moves Forum on Safe Patient Handling to be held February 28; Backus and Hartford HealthCare to Explore Affiliation; General Assembly Convenes for the 2012 Legislative Session ; CHA Member Briefing on Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policy Draws Capacity Crowd;
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02/02/2012
Education Updates; Recruitment Continues for the National Partnership for Patients Initiative; Flu Season Peak: CHA to Brief Members on Statewide Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Policy; Pre-Session Legislative Activity; General Assembly to Convene for the 2012 Legislative Session;
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01/26/2012
Education Updates; Congressman Joe Courtney Opposes Medicare Cuts to Physicians; Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Johnson Memorial Hospital Announce Affiliation; CHA Diversity Collaborative Educational Program; Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners Program Celebrates First Year of Operation; President Delivers 2012 State of the Union Address with Little Mention of Health Insurance Reform; Dannel Malloy Cuts $79 Million from State Budget: No Cuts to Medicaid; 5th Congressional Candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley Visits CHA;
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01/19/2012
Education Updates; Michele Sharp joins CHA as Director, Communications and Public Affairs; Governor Dannel P. Malloy Responds to Fourth Quarter Revenue Shortfall; Health Insurance Exchange Board Meets; Department of Public Health Public Health Preparedness Advisory Committee Discusses Two Storm Panel Recommendations; Recruitment Underway for the National Partnership for Patients Initiative; Hospital Leaders Meet with Legislators; CHA Annual Meeting - Save the Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012;
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01/12/2012
Education Updates; Health Spending Growth Slow in 2010; Special Election: Democrats Retain Connecticut House of Representatives Seat; Connecticut Hospital Community Health and Community Benefit Initiatives Highlighted Nationally; Connecticut Legislators Announce Support for Amicus Brief Supporting the PPACA; Two Storm Panel Releases Report; CHA Diversity Collaborative Team Kickoff; Save the date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012;
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01/05/2012
Education Updates; On the CUSP: Stop HAI Project Hosts Special Call for All Teams; NLRB Postpones Effective Date of Rights Posting Rule to April 30, 2012; Governor Malloy’s Two Storm Panel to Release Report; Senator Richard Blumenthal Addresses Drug Shortages in Connecticut;
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