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August 01, 2013
Employer mandate delay provides opportunity to 'get it right'
The Obama administration announced in July that it would delay for one year, until 2015, the mandate that large employers provide affordable health insurance to workers or pay a penalty.
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July 01, 2013
Keeping Up
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July 01, 2013
Bishop Sullivan's legacy includes commitment to health care, social services
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, retired auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Brooklyn, died on June 7 from injuries he sustained in a May 30 car accident.
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July 01, 2013
Health Partners Consulting guides physician practices in conversion to medical homes
When working with physician practices making the transition to patient-centered medical homes, Roni Christopher, executive director of health care transformation at Health Partners Consulting in Cincinnati, compares the process to trying to eat an elephant.
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July 01, 2013
CHRISTUS Health raises the quality, clinical value of its ethics consults
Several years ago, when senior leaders of ethics at CHRISTUS Health reviewed practices of the approximately 40 ethics committees in its hospitals, they found an uneven landscape.
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July 01, 2013
Global Health Summit participants urged to support poverty-focused international aid
Ministry leaders from U.S. Catholic health care and representatives of several global health organizations who convened for CHA's third Global Summit were challenged to increase and improve mission outreach activities in the developing world.
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July 01, 2013
CHA recognizes up-and-comers making an impact on ministry
At the 2013 Catholic Health Assembly, CHA honored leaders who are making significant achievements early in their careers in Catholic health care and who are poised to guide the ministry in the future.
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July 01, 2013
Sr. McGinley promotes international health care missions
When Sr. Mary Jo McGinley, RSM, was discerning during the late 1980s whether to switch to health care after working as an educator for 20 years, members of her community's leadership team suggested she talk it over with Sr. Concilia Moran, RSM.
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July 01, 2013
With gift of presence, Msgr. Klimek comforts Sacred Heart patients
Msgr. Klimek's steady dedication has earned him CHA's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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July 01, 2013
Built environment can promote exercise and health or inactivity
"The environment is rigged against the child and his doctor and the rest of us," said Dr. Richard J. Jackson, a pediatrician who previously served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health.