Announcements

  Quarterly Board Meeting
  November 14, 2008, Falls Church, Virginia.

  AHPA Newsletter (Previous Issues)

• 3rd quarter 2008 newsletter released  June 23, 2008.

• Next quarterly newsletter articles due by September 1, 2008.

2008 National Directory

National Directory * State Certificate of Need Programs* Health Planning Agencies * 2008

The Nineteenth Edition of the Directory (More..)

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 News

• CMS Releases Comprehensive Outcomes Data (Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia) for Hospitals (USA TODAY )
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  Stroke Centers Demonstrate the Value of Regionalization and Specialization (USA TODAY )
   
• Heart of recovery UMMC among nation's top 9 in study ( Telegram & Gazette)
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  New Regulations for MA Determination of Need (CON) Program
  Designed to Level The Playing Field for Hospitals (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Rochester healthcare and public health agencies address health disparities (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle )
  
  
• Controversy Over Cardiac Surgery Volume in Florida (St. Petersburg Times )
  
  
• Georgia CON Decision Places Access over Volume for Open Heart Surgery (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• CON "Streamlined" in Florida (The Orlando Sentinel )
  
  
• Surging into Bethlehem: "Surge Capacity " Becomes a Political Issue (The Washington Post )
  
  
• CON to Limit Proton Therapy in Michigan (The New York Times )
  
  
• HANYS Issues Report Card on Report Cards; Only Governmental Reports Rate an "A"
  
  
• FTC Supports Bill to Eliminate CON in Florida (Jacksonville Business Journal )
  
  
• Boston Hospital Squabble (Boston.com)
  
  
• Georgia Legislature Poised to Make Major Changes to CON ( Atlanta Journal-Constitution ):
  
  
• Support for CON in Fairbanks (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner  ):
   
• "Free Market"  Group's Report Advocates End to CON in Alabama (The Huntsville Times )
  
  
• Tennessee Legislation Would Remove the Rights of Nursing Home Residents (Tennessee Citizen Action ):
  
  
• Florida Governor Critical of CON's Role in State (Orlando Sentinel ):
  
• Report Cards Are About High Standards for Providers, Not Consumer-Directed Healthcare (The Oregonian )
  
  
• "Single Specialty" Surgery Centers Now Exempt from CON in Georgia (The Jacksonville Times-Union )
  
  
• Protons and Pesos (The New York Times)
  
  

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