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May 15, 2013
IRS seeks comments on proposed rules for community health needs assessments
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires nonprofit hospitals to assess community health needs and take an active role in improving the health status of their communities.
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May 15, 2013
Gone fishing (and gardening) in Oahu
Sr. Geraldine Ching, OSF, contributed the $1000 stipend she received as the 2012 recipient of CHA's Concilia Moran Award toward the purchase of the growing bed and fish tank.
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May 15, 2013
Goldsbury Foundation donates $20 million
The Children's Hospital of San Antonio Foundation has received a $20 million grant from the Goldsbury Foundation; it is the largest single gift in the 144-year history of the hospital's parent, the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System.
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May 15, 2013
SSM Health Care to invest $180 million in suburban St. Louis
SSM Health Care — St. Louis plans to expand and improve its offerings in St. Charles County west of St. Louis County, with a complete redesign of its SSM St. Joseph Hospital West campus in Lake St. Louis, a new emergency department and outpatient center at SSM St. Joseph Health Center - Wentzville, a new outpatient campus in eastern St. Charles and additional urgent care sites.
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May 15, 2013
Public housing residents stabilize lives with help of Mercy St. Vincent
Nine years ago, the Madonna Homes public housing complex in Toledo, Ohio, had a revolving door of residents, a 25 percent occupancy rate and a reputation as an unsafe and undesirable place to live.
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May 15, 2013
At home and abroad, Bon Secours supports the troops
When serving with the Marines in Iraq, Navy corpsman Patrick Thornton endured withering heat and a yearning for home. Gift packages from coworkers back in Virginia kept his spirits strong.
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May 15, 2013
Scared to death of dying?
On June 3, Dr. Ira Byock will address a joint general session of the Catholic Health Assembly and the Congress of The Supportive Care Coalition: Advancing Excellence in Palliative Care. Dr. Byock is calling now for patients, families and doctors to revolutionize another essential human experience — dying.
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May 15, 2013
Trinity Health, Catholic Health East merge into one of nation's largest health systems
Trinity Health and Catholic Health East have consolidated their two health systems to create one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country, serving communities in 21 states.
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May 15, 2013
CHI to acquire St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston region
Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the nation's largest faith-based health systems, signed a definitive agreement in April to acquire St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, a six-hospital system in the Houston region.
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May 01, 2013
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