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January 15, 2015
Saint Francis Care in Connecticut plans to join Trinity Health
Hartford, Conn.-based Saint Francis Care will become part of Trinity Health as Trinity Health forms a regional, nonprofit Catholic health care system in New England that also will include another Trinity Health system, the Sisters of Providence Health System in Springfield, Mass.
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January 15, 2015
New 'microsites' on CHA website mark centennial, celebrate caregivers
CHA has a series of "microsites" to mark the association's centennial, chronicle CHA's history, invite people to pray with the ministry, celebrate the people of Catholic health care and provide information on the annual Catholic Health Assembly in June in Washington, DC. The microsites are at chausa.org/100.
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January 15, 2015
HHS proposes increased disclosure of services covered under plans
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed changes to the rules covering what must be included in the summary of benefits and coverage document for health insurance plans.
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December 09, 2014
Caritas Internationalis seeks ministry's support in response to Ebola epidemic
Caritas Internationalis' Msgr. Robert Vitillo provided Catholic Health World with an update about the organization's response to Ebola in West Africa and how CHA members can support that effort.
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December 09, 2014
Mercy of Buffalo, N.Y., serves as 'port in the storm' during historic blizzard
When the Buffalo, N.Y., area was hit with nearly 8 feet of snow over a three-day period in mid-November — nearly the amount of snow that the region gets over a full snow season, according to The Associated Press — staff of Catholic Health facilities in the Buffalo area "braved the most treacherous conditions to get to our hospitals, nursing homes, health centers and patients' homes, and worked countless hours to provide uninterrupted care," Catholic Health President and Chief Executive Joe McDonald said in a memo to staff.
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December 09, 2014
Hamel to retire as CHA senior ethicist
Ron Hamel will retire as senior ethicist for CHA at year's end.
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December 09, 2014
Keeping Christmas by distilling its simple and pure message
One bright star. One stable. One baby. The first Christmas was blessed in its pure simplicity. At a time of year when the message God sent to all of the world with the birth of Jesus can be lost in the cacophony of our daily lives, we search for ways to be reminded of the simplicity of the miracle of Christ's birth.
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December 09, 2014
Bishops, Catholic Charities, CHA press Congress to extend CHIP
In a joint letter to Congress, U.S. bishops,CHA and Catholic Charities USA are urging congressional members to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program this year, prior to its expiration in 2015.
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December 09, 2014
St. Vincent Refugee Clinic is doorway to care in Indianapolis
It was the family's first exposure to prenatal ultrasound, a procedure common in prenatal care in the U.S. Refugees from Myanmar (formerly Burma) in Southeast Asia, they were getting their first medical checkups in America at the St. Vincent Joshua Max Simon Primary Care Center at St. Vincent Indianapolis.
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December 09, 2014
The doctor's on a roll at Bon Secours
Dr. Robert Lancey, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., uses the robot to communicate with patients from his home at night. He sees and talks with them over the video-link on his smartphone.