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Dear ASHHRA Colleagues, A goodly morning to everyone as we enter the third quarter of 2020, the Year of COVID-19. As I write this, my home state of South Carolina is setting records every day for increases in COVID-19 cases. We have “good” company in Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and other states. Thankfully, health care workers lead the way on wearing masks and will continue to do so. Thank you for masking up!
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/ahh-nwl/articles/index-v4.asp?aid=624563&issueID=70258 to view the full article online. |
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We are excited announce the 2020 Call for Board Applications* is officially open! Serving as an ASHHRA Board Member is an incredible opportunity for you to offer your expertise to help connect, innovate and transform the field of health care HR. Consider how you might lead your professional association and consider a position on the 2021 ASHHRA Board. Review the available positions and apply by Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. *Must be a Practitioner Member to qualify. Visit https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/b4dad8bcbb67447796d3cfedd4f127bc to view the full article online. |
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Join your ASHHRA community online Aug. 24 - 25, for the 2020 virtual conference. Registration is now open! The virtual conference will incorporate many components of the in-person event, at a fraction of the cost, while allowing ASHHRA members and others to remain onsite fulfilling their essential roles.
Learn more or save your spot now! Visit https://annual.ashhra.org/2020/attend.cfm to view the full article online. |
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020 | 1:00 p.m. CT
1.5 CEUs - CHHR, HRCI, SHRM This is an informative and engaging webinar outlining the basics of the FMLA, ADA and workers compensation, and then applying them to a factual scenario involving health care workers to provide attendees with a practical understating of what they should consider when an employee asks for leave and/or is injured on the job. Visit https://www.ashhra.org/education-events/webinar-trifecta-intersection-family-medical-leave-americans-disabilities-act-and to view the full article online. |
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New York Life and Cigna, through their foundations, created The Brave of Heart Fund, dedicated to providing health care workers and their families with peace of mind by offering financial support to the families of health care workers who lose their lives to COVID-19, and Cigna will provide free emotional wellness resources to grieving families.
Visit https://www.ashhra.org/brave-heart-fund to view the full article online. |
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Healthcare Dive The health care sector added 358,000 jobs throughout the last two weeks of May and the first two weeks of June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report. Similar to last month's report, dentists and physician's offices saw notable gains: 190,000 and 80,000 jobs added, respectively. Hospitals added about 7,000 jobs, the first gain since March.
Visit https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/BLS-june-jobs-healthcare-workers/580938/ to view the full article online. |
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Healthcare Finance For CEOs, the COVID-19 crisis has meant making decisions without having all of the information needed, learning the full extent of what it means to be nimble and working a lot of long days.
Visit https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/ceos-say-decisions-made-during-time-crisis-will-impact-future-strategies to view the full article online. |
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Becker's Hospital Review The number of physicians from Muslim-majority countries applying to work in the U.S. dropped between 2015 and 2018, which could cause gaps in the U.S. physician workforce to widen, a new study published in JAMA Network Open shows.
Visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/us-physician-workforce-gap-likely-to-grow-with-fewer-applicants-from-muslim-countries.html to view the full article online. |
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American Hospital Association
The AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges and Catholic Health Association of the United States requested the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service extend the deadlines for tax-exempt hospitals and health systems to prepare community health needs assessments that occur during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Visit https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-07-07-aha-aamc-and-cha-request-extension-community-health-needs-assessments to view the full article online. |
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STAT A new ranking system of U.S. hospitals relies not just on traditional quality measures, but also on a hospital’s community-minded policies and avoidance of unnecessary care.
Visit https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/07/new-hospital-ranking-counts-doing-good-nearly-as-much-as-doing-well/ to view the full article online. |
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Healthcare Finance
COVID-19 is a weak-link problem, according to Gladwell, a keynote speaker on the opening day of AHIP's Institute and Expo Online 2020. Gladwell challenged health care leaders to think about their organization's strongest and weakest links as they relate to COVID-19 and beyond. Visit https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/malcolm-gladwell-challenges-healthcare-improve-its-weakest-links to view the full article online. |
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American Hospital Association Hospitals face a triple threat with financial losses due to COVID-19, AHA President and CEO said in a recent CNBC interview. A new AHA report finds that the financial strain of COVID-19 on hospitals and health systems will continue through at least the end of the year, with total losses expected to be at least $323 billion in 2020. Visit https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-07-01-aha-president-discusses-hospital-losses-due-covid-19-cnbc to view the full article online. |
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Health Affairs Approximately 30 percent of general acute care hospitals in the US are rural hospitals, serving sixty million people. The June 2020 issue of Health Affairs journal includes the article, “Varying Trends In The Financial Viability Of US Rural Hospitals, 2011–17,” by Ge Bai and colleagues, and here, the authors to put their work in the context of the current coronavirus crisis. Visit https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200630.208205/full/ to view the full article online. |
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Employee Benefit News As the workplace adapts to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, employers are finding new ways to showcase their company culture in hopes of attracting potential job candidates, and keeping talented employees on staff.
Visit https://www.benefitnews.com/news/recruitment-and-retention-strategies-for-the-post-covid-workforce to view the full article online. |
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