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2009 Results -- WHA Annual Report
News Release: Recession Slows Hiring, but Hospital Workforce Shortages Persist-- Key staff vacancies remain difficult to fill in Wisconsin Hospitals (11/11/09) -- 2009 Workforce Report

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Annual Events
Physician Leadership Development, Kohler
-- March 12-13, 2010
Advocacy Day, Madison
-- April 13, 2010
Rural Health Conference, Wisconsin Dells
-- June 23-25, 2010
WHA Annual Convention, Madison
--September 15-17, 2010

Reports

Physician Shortage Reports
Workforce Reports
Archive of WHA Special Reports
2009 Results

Top Stories from Valued Voice

President Releases 2011 Budget

WHA Launches New Format for Community Benefit Stories in Valued Voice

Mark Your Calendar: WHA's 2010 Advocacy Day, April 13

WHA Testimony Expresses Concern on Voluntary Fund Participation by Certified Nurse Midwives

WHA Participates in DRL's Forum for Registered Nurses

President's Column: More News from Massachusetts

Enhanced WisconsinPhysicianCareers.org Web Site Unveiled

Register Today for Physician Leader Development Conference, March 12-13

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Friday Packet -- February 5, 2010

The Valued Voice -- (pdf) (2/5/10)

The Valued Voice -- (html) (2/5/10)

Wisconsin Hospitals 2009 Community Benefits Report

Education Calendar...
February, 2010

9 - Medical Tourism: Why Your Hospital Needs a Medical Tourism Strategy (Webinar)

9 - Retail Math for Your Hospital Gift Shop (Webinar)

11 - HITECH Act Compliance Deadline: Are You Ready? (Webinar)

12 - The Joint Commission Hospital Accreditation Update: Three-Part Series: Part 3 (Webinar)

18 - Complying with the CMS Interpretive Guidelines on Infection Control (Webinar)

23 - The Physician Market: Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting and Employment Trends (Webinar)

25 - Physician Contracting Strategies to Comply with Federal Regulations (Webinar)

March, 2010

4 - Hospital Discharge Planning: Best Practices to Reduce Preventable Readmissions (Webinar)

9 - Achieving Meaningful Use: Ready? Set? Stop! (Webinar)

18 - CMS and The Joint Commission Standards on Informed Consent: Ensuring Compliance (Webinar)

23 - Observation Services: Billing and Compliance Update (Webinar)

23 - New Nurses "Super Union" Vows to Become Organizing Machine: Are You Prepared? (Webinar)

25 - Federal Appeals Process for RAC Determinations of Improper Payment: What Every Hospital Must Know! (Webinar)

12-13 - Physician Leadership Development Conference (Kohler)

The Resources...

Letter to Senators Kohl, Feingold and Representatives Baldwin, Kind and Obey, in support of a provision contained in the Senate health care reform proposal (1/4/10)

Letter to Senator Miller and Rep. Pocan from Secretary Timberlake re: Hospital Assessment (1/7/10)

H1N1 Federal Emergency/Regulatory Waivers

WHA Letter Re: CAH Waiver (10//09)

Waiver Document (10/27/09)

Written Guidance Requesting Waiver (10/27/09)

AHA Questions and Answers (10/28/09)

WHIAC Radio Ads

News Release: Overtime Legislation Jeopardizes Patient Safety, Adds Millions to Budget Deficit (9/17/09)

News Release: Wisconsin Hospitals Continue to Invest in Health Information Technology--More than 90 percent have implemented key technologies; Half are "heavy users" of information technology (9/10/09)
Report: Wisconsin Hospitals Build HIT Foundation (9/09)

News Release: Federal Agency Ranks Wisconsin #1 in Health Care Quality (6/26/09)
Hospital Assessment - 2009
Hospital Assessment - 2008
Billing and Collection Archive of information

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