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News That Affects You...
Keep Informed at www.oahhs.org
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2008 News |
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5/1/2008 |
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Oregon Hospitals Required to Collect New Patient Data |
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3/4/2008 |
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Cascade Healthcare Community Executive Nationally-Recognized |
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2/6/2008 |
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OAHHS Statement: Response to the Federal Budget Proposal |
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1/22/2008 |
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OHSU Board Adopts Cost-Saving Plan in Response to Tort Cap Loss |
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1/7/2008 |
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Oregon Health Plan Standard Enrollment to Open |
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1/7/2008 |
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IRS Releases Final Form 990 and Schedules |
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2007 News |
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11/27/2007 |
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Oregon Health Network Project Receives Funds to Build Telehealth Network |
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11/13/2007 |
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Jim Edge Named State Medicaid Director |
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11/6/2007 |
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Health Care Tops Campaign Issues |
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9/26/2007 |
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Oregon Hospitals Report Quality Indicators |
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9/26/2007 |
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State, Federal Partnership Improves Response to Public Health Incidents |
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9/24/2007 |
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Portland Gets Ready for Full Scale Emergency Response Drill |
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9/7/2007 |
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Survey Shows Oregon Hospitals Ban Tobacco Use |
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8/24/2007 |
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Diane Waldo Elected to National Health Care Risk Management Organization |
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8/20/2007 |
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ONA and Providence Announce New Labor Management Trust |
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8/20/2007 |
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Ellen Lowe Receives OAHHS Community Advocate Award |
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5/30/2007 |
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Oregon Hospitals: Your Community Stewards |
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5/29/2007 |
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Statement by Janet Bauer, OCPP Policy Analyst, on Oregon Senate Unanimous Approval of HJM 23 |
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5/3/2007 |
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AHA Quality Advisory: Posting of Mortality Data on Hospital Compare |
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4/18/2007 |
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Hospitals' Accountability Bill Passes House |
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3/28/2007 |
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Hospitals Seek Accountability in Community Benefits Reporting |
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3/2/2007 |
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Oregon 5 Million Lives Campaign Begins |
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2/27/2007 |
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Raise the Federal Tobacco Tax to Cover More Kids, Smith Says |
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2/27/2007 |
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Hospitals Stand on Front Lines of Reform |
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2/27/2007 |
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Hospitals Using Health Information Technology to Increase Patient Safety, Quality Efforts |
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2/14/2007 |
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Speaker Merkley Presses Healthy Kids Bill |
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1/26/2007 |
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House Committee Approves Healthy Kids Plan |
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1/17/2007 |
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Kitzhaber Announces the Oregon Better Health Act |
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1/2/2007 |
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Public Health Officials Encourage Emergency Planning |
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1/2/2007 |
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Health Care Issues High on Democratic Agenda for 2007 |
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2006 News |
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12/22/2006 |
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Oregon Marks 20 Years of School-Based Health Center Success |
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12/7/2006 |
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Congressional Negotiators Agree on Health Care Package |
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12/6/2006 |
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Construction on Mental Health Facility Planned for Eastern Oregon |
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12/6/2006 |
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Samaritan Health Services Leader to Chair AHA Systems Section |
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12/6/2006 |
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Hospital Emergency Department Triage Assessment Fee Program Cancelled |
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12/4/2006 |
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The Governor’s Hope and Opportunity Budget 2007 - 2009 |
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11/30/2006 |
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Cancer-Preventing HPV Vaccine Availability Expands this Month |
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11/30/2006 |
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Gov. Ted Kulongoski Makes Changes in Key Staff Positions |
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11/28/2006 |
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Medicare Publishes New Hospital Requirements |
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11/17/2006 |
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Salem Hospital Joins Effort to Fight Local Meth Epidemic |
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11/17/2006 |
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Strong Community Benefits Reported in Survey Responses |
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11/16/2006 |
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Oregon Health Care Leaders Launch Initiative to Make Hospitals Smoke Free |
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11/9/2006 |
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PeaceHealth Campuses Go Tobacco-Free on November 16, 2006 |
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10/27/2006 |
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FCC Expands Outreach to Health Care Sector on Emergency Preparedness |
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9/11/2006 |
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Oregon Business Council Announces Health Information Exchange Project |
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9/8/2006 |
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Metro Likely to Avoid Health Care Issue (Portland Business Journal) |
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8/30/2006 |
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Op-Ed: Care by the Hour (The New York Times) |
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8/29/2006 |
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Healthcare Workforce Institute Names Executive Director |
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5/10/2006 |
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Childhood Immunization Leaders Honored |
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5/9/2006 |
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OMPRO Now Acumentra Health |
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5/1/2006 |
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President Bush Speaks to AHA Convention |
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4/21/2006 |
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AHA Issues Advisory on Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule |
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4/18/2006 |
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Health Care Partners, Governor Launch Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute |
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4/18/2006 |
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Hospitals Endorse Initiative 143 |
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4/10/2006 |
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AHA President Announces Retirement - Board Picks Umbdenstock as Successor |
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4/3/2006 |
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OHSU President Peter Kohler to Speak on the Health Care Crisis at the Rotary Club of Portland |
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3/21/2006 |
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Hospitals, Health Care Partners Host IHI 100K Lives Campaign Visit |
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3/13/2006 |
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IHI 100K Lives Town Hall Coming to Portland Next Week! |
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3/6/2006 |
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AHA says three key points missing from 60 Minutes' story on hospital billing and collections |
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2/28/2006 |
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Capitol Update: A Tale of Two States |
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2005 News |
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10/26/2005 |
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Finance Committee OKs Budget |
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10/18/2005 |
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OAHHS Launches Oregon Hospital Quality Web Site |
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10/17/2005 |
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Healthcare Communicators Fall Conference Nov. 4 Features Keynote Speaker David Marlowe |
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10/17/2005 |
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Community Debates Begon on Future of Oregon Health Plan |
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10/17/2005 |
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CMS Issues Preliminary Hospital Wage Index Data |
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10/17/2005 |
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Congress Returns, Budget Decisions in the Works |
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10/3/2005 |
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OAHHS Announces New President |
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9/29/2005 |
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Statewide Decline in Emergency Department Use by OHP Members Linked to Recent Cutbacks |
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9/28/2005 |
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Governor Appoints Goldberg Head of DHS |
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9/28/2005 |
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Portland Family Resource Center Changes Hours of Operation |
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9/27/2005 |
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Federal Spending Cuts Packages Wrapping Up - See AHA Advocacy Alert |
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9/26/2005 |
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PHS Employees, Physicians and Volunteers Raise $500,000 for Hurricane Relief Efforts |
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9/21/2005 |
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Family Resource Center for Katrina Survivors to Remain Open |
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9/19/2005 |
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Oregon Knows: Medicaid Cuts Don't Save Money |
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9/9/2005 |
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Medicaid Advisory Committee Rejects Oregon Health Plan Cuts |
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9/8/2005 |
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Oregon Health Plan Cuts Alert |
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9/8/2005 |
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AHA Special Bulletin, Hurricane Relief Update |
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9/7/2005 |
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Project Welcome Oregon Status Report |
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9/7/2005 |
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AHA Special Bulletin, Hurricane Relief Update |
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9/7/2005 |
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Oregon Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts Update |
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9/7/2005 |
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Crisis Hotline for Hurricane Victims |
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9/6/2005 |
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Update: Portland Hurricane Katrina Response |
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9/6/2005 |
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Katrina Evacuees Alert; Immediate Action for All Oregon Hospitals |
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9/6/2005 |
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CMS Calls Katrina Relief Efforts 'A Marathon, Not A Sprint' |
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9/6/2005 |
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AHA Special Bulletin, Hurricane Relief Update |
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9/5/2005 |
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CDC Advisory: Interim Immunization Recommendations for Individuals Displaced by Hurricane Katrina |
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9/5/2005 |
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AHA Special Bulletin, Hurricane Relief Update |
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9/3/2005 |
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AHA Special Bulletin, Hurricane Relief Update |
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9/2/2005 |
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Oregon's Public Health System Coordinates Statewide Response to Hurricane Katrina |
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9/1/2005 |
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Hurricane Katrina Update and Relief Efforts |
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8/31/2005 |
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HHS to Seek Hospitals' Help in Staffing Emergency Medical Centers |
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8/31/2005 |
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Louisiana, Mississippi Hospitals Evacuate |
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8/31/2005 |
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Nevada, Texas Hospital Associations Assist With Hurricane Relief Efforts |
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8/24/2005 |
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Hospital Rate Change |
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8/11/2005 |
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GAO Surveys Hospitals on Responses to Competitive Market Pressures |
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8/10/2005 |
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Fish Hazards Prompt Mini-Grants For Community Groups |
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8/10/2005 |
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Eastern Oregon Psychiatric Center Renamed Blue Mountain Recovery Center |
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8/4/2005 |
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Amending Your 2006 JCAHO Accreditation Contract |
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8/2/2005 |
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CMS Issues Rehabilitation PPS Final Rule For FY 2006 |
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7/28/2005 |
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National Project Launched to Reduce Surgical Complications by 25 Percent |
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7/15/2005 |
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Employers Pay a Steep Subsidy for Programs |
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06/29/2005 |
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Federal
Reimbursement for Emergency Services Provided
to Undocumented Immigrants |
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06/27/2005 |
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Medicare
Modernization Act Part D, Prescription Drug Benefits:
Employee Benefits Alert |
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06/14/2005 |
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AHRQ
Report on Five Most Costly Medical Expenditures
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06/07/2005 |
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Lynn Read Replaces Barney
Speight at OMAP
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06/07/2005 |
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Hospitals Told to Ignore
QNet Exchange Notice
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06/07/2005 |
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Act on
Legislation Addressing New Limited-Service Hospitals
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05/27/2005 |
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Lawmakers:
Voters Should Force Legislature to Act on Health
Care
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05/27/2005 |
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Tax
Exempt Status Challenged in Congress
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05/26/2005 |
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AHA to Congress: Tax Exemption
for Hospitals Essential to Community Care
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05/25/2005 |
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2800 Passes the
House
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05/23/2005 |
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Charity Care on the Rise as Uninsured
Patients Flood Hospitals
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05/19/2005 |
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Medicare
Inpatient PPS: Proposed Rule for FY 2006
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05/16/2005 |
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Budget Gap Forces
Program Closures Including Ask-A-Nurse |
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05/09/2005 |
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CMS Releases
Guidelines for Reimbursement of Emergency Care
for Undocumented Immigrants |
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04/27/2005 |
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HHS
Releases Proposed HIPAA Enforcement Rule |
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04/22/2005 |
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GAO Issues
Report on 75% Rule |
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04/21/2005 |
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Patient Reported on
Unauthorized Leave From the Oregon State Hospital |
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04/20/2005 |
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On-Line Access To
Financial Assistance Policies and Charge Information
For All Oregon Hospitals |
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04/20/2005 |
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Message To OAHHS Membership
From Larry Mullins |
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04/05/2005 |
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Gary Weeks to Leave Oregon
DHS; Accepts Position in Washington State |
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04/01/2005 |
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New Government
Web Site Provides Hospital Data on 17 Quality
Measures |
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03/31/2005 |
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A
Message from Dick Davidson: Continued Threats
to Medicare and Medicaid |
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03/17/2005 |
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Senate
Accepts Budget Amendment That Replaces Medicaid
Cuts With Commission |
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03/17/2005 |
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House and
Senate Budget Resolutions Being Debated |
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