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Genesee Health Facilities Association Monthly Newsletter

References / Information Sources

2009 Health Care Conference Power Point Presentations

Association News Letters

2008

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2009

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2010

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Approved Department of Health / Provider Meeting Minutes

2008

     March 31, 2008

   

2009

    January 26, 2009      Hospice Informational Handout

     April 20, 2009     September 10, 2009

Other Information

NYSHFA Spotlight - 06/15/09 - NYSHFA President Richard Herrick discusses reimbursement issues in Messenger Post letter to the editor.

Member Spotlight - 06/26/09 - GHFA President Joseph Dilal, Administrator of Aaron Manor Rehab and Nursing discusses legislative and nursing issues with the Rochester Business Journal (pg. 26)

2010 Annual member facility nondiscrimination and syringe acceptance policy - Published October 2009 in the Rochester Business Journal

Medicare 5 Star Rating Summary of Rochester SNFs

Rochester Business Journal January 30, 2009

DOH Emergency Preparedness Presentation June 2009

Seagate Employee Benefits Contracts

Monroe County DHS Processing Unit Letter of Participation

AHCA Update March 2010

Message from Monroe County DHS March 2010

AHCA Asks Providers to Support Therapy Cap Exception Extension

CMS Holds Provider Open Door Forum

McKnights Free Webcast on Better Hiring

 

Skilled Nursing Facility News

Legislative

Choose Carefully: The Employee Free Choice Act

David Kresock, Harter Secrest & Emery, October 2008

Letter to Legislators - Follow up to March 3, 2009 NYSFHA LVD

The End of Private Health insurance

The Wall Street Journal Opinion Page   April 13, 2009

New Ads Intensify Fight on Union Bill

Brody Mullins, The Wall Street Journal   April 13, 2009

A Health Tech Monopoly - II

The Wall Street Journal Opinion Page   April 14, 2009

Is Government Health Insurance Cheap?

Kerry Weems / Benjamin Sasse The Wall Street Journal    April 14, 2009

Cuts Proposed for Skilled Nursing

Suzanne Struglinski, Provider June 2009

States Use FMAP to Fill Gaps

Suzanne Struglinski, Provider June 2009

Novello Pleads Guilty to Felony...

Michael Virtanen, Rochester D&C June 27, 2009

Management

Is Outsourcing Right for You?

Peter Doerner, Advanced for Long Term Care Management   Sept/Oct 2007

NH, in Bid to Cut Costs,Prod Patients to Forgo Lawsuits

Nathan Koppel, The Wall Street Journal   April 10, 2008

When the Police Show Up

Anthony L DeWitt, HD, RRT  Advanced for Long Term Care Management  March/April 2008

Medicare Moves - It's Reenrollment Time

Anne Tergesen, The Wall Street Journal   November 15, 2008

'Let's Share the Wealth' an Interview With Andy Stern

Matthew Kaminski, The Wall Street Journal   December 6, 2008

Obama Hopes to Avoid Clinton Healthcare Missteps

Kevin Freking, AP News Service December 6, 2008

Simple Ratings Systems for Health Care Quality Have Limited Value

Rene Reixach, Rochester Business Journal, January 16, 2009

Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility Regulations  Feb 2009

Proposed Regulations Requiring Compliance Programs for Medical Asst Providers  Feb 2009

Recession Now Hits Jobs in Health Care

Avery Johnson and Kelly Evans, The Wall Street Journal      April 13, 2009

Fewer Openings in Nursing Field

Kelly Evans,The Wall Street Journal               April 13, 2009

What are you MISsing? Management Information Systems for LTC

Kathleen Harris, MHSA, Advanced for Long Term Care Management   May/June 2009

5 Star Rating System, Consumers Can Now Access An Online Performance Review

Rena Shephard, Advanced for Long Term Care Management   May/June 2009

Ethical Leadership, Being a Good Manager is About More Than Just Enforcing the Rules

Michele Holleran, Advanced for Long Term Care Management   March/April 2009

The Employee Free Choice Act

Michael Pepperman, Esq., Long Term Living  June 2009

New Interpretive Guidance for Quality of Life, Environmental Tags

Carmen S. Bowman, Long Term Living  June 2009

Inspector General

October 2009 Proposed Reimbursement Reductions - State Wide

October 2009 Proposed Reimbursement Reductions - Local Impact

Pharmacy

FDA News Release - Destruction of Selected Medications

FDA.gov

Resident Safety

Prescription Drug Abuse in Nursing Homes

LUCETTE LAGNADO, Wall Street Journal,    December 04, 2007

Nursing Homes Struggle to Kick Drug Habit

LUCETTE LAGNADO, Wall Street Journal,    December 20, 2007

Avoiding Entrapment

Anthony L. DeWitt, JD, RRT, FAARC, Advanced for Long Term Care Management   Sept/Oct 2007

Ticket to Ride ~ Negotiated Risk Agreements

Jolynn Tumolo, Advanced for Long Term Care Management  Jan/Feb 2008

Resident Health

Clean and Infection-Free

Joan Ryder Benz, MD, PHD, Advanced for Long Term Care Management   Sept/Oct 2007

Conquering Pain ~ Effective pain management

Rena R. Shephard, MHA, RN, Advanced for Long Term Care Management  Jan/Feb 2008

Emergency Preparedness

Preparing for the Worst

Cate O'Brian, MPH, MA, Advanced for Long Term Care Management   Sept/Oct 2007

Controlling MRSA

Marlene Linders, RN Advanced for Long Term Care Management   May/June 2009

 


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