Posted by Jason Greis on January 9, 2011 under Events | 
Join your colleagues April 10-13 in Washington, D.C., at the 2011 American Hospital Association Annual Membership Meeting to hear the latest on reforming health care, and to take hospitals’ message to Capitol Hill. The meeting agenda includes prominent keynote speakers … executive briefings on important health reform topics to help prepare your organization for coming changes, an opportunity to earn ACHE credits … and more! In times like these, speaking with one voice, to Congress and the Administration, to policymakers and opinion leaders, is more important than ever before. Please visit the AHA 2011 Annual Meeting Website for more information. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on March 9, 2010 under eNewsletter |
This issue of the GreisGuide to LTACHs Newsletter contains articles and information on: Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on February 3, 2009 under Industry News |
LifeCare Hospitals, Plano, Texas, hired Greg Floyd as Senior Vice President of Regional Hospital Operations. Mr. Floyd will join LifeCare in February. Mr. Floyd is leaving Select Medical where he was Regional Vice President of 19 hospitals in 4 states. LifeCare operates 20 LTACHs in 10 states. Read More...
Posted by Jason Greis on February 1, 2009 under Events |
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Posted by Jason Greis on January 27, 2009 under Articles |
On January 14, 2009 the House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (“SCHIP”). The House version of the SCHIP bill (HR 2) includes a provision contained in Section 623 proposed by House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Fortney Pete Stark that would prevent construction of new physician-owned hospitals and restrict the expansion of current physician-owned hospitals by amending certain provisions of the Federal physician self-referral law (commonly known as the “Stark Act”). Congressman Stark has said that the provision banning future physician ownership in hospitals would prevent the “unethical kickbacks that physicians receive from ownership in hospitals, most of which are of questionable safety and quality.” This legislation, if passed, would significantly impact current physician ownership and investment interests in LTACHs (e.g., investment by physician joint venture partners) and specialty hospitals and would altogether ban future physician investment and ownership in LTACHs and specialty hospitals. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on January 25, 2009 under Articles |
The American Hospital Association (“AHA”) urged the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) in a letter dated January 16, 2009 to prevent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) from implementing a rule requiring up to 400 randomly selected hospitals (including LTACHs) to report information, supply documents, and make certain legal certifications regarding their relationships with physicians in a Disclosure of Financial Relationships Report (“DFRR”). Read More...
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