Aug 2007
President's Report
South Peninsula Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Franz, has provided notice to the Board of Directors of South Peninsula Hospital, Inc. of his intention to retire. Franz has served as the hospital’s CEO since December 1995. Franz said (Downloads Available)

Aug 2007
President's Report
South Peninsula Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Franz, has provided notice to the Board of Directors of South Peninsula Hospital, Inc. of his intention to retire. Franz has served as the hospital’s CEO since December 1995. Franz said (Downloads Available)

Aug 2007
Fairweather Schedule
The Fairweather will leave Petersburg at 1:30 pm on the 9th and arrive in Juneau at 5:30 pm so that everyone can catch their planes home that evening. (Downloads Available)

Aug 2007
2007 ASHNHA Annual Meeting
This year's ASHNHA annual meeting will be held in Petersburg, August 6-9. August 6 and 7 will be training days with AHEN courses. August 7 will also be the ASHPIN board meeting and a cruise in late afternoon. Click on the title for more info.

Jun 2007
Victims for a Day!
The Alaska Hospitals are looking for volunteers to play victims for a day. Thursday, June 7 in Anchorage. For information contact Katy Branch at 907-646-1444. Download the registration form by clicking on "Download Available." (Downloads Available)

May 2007
President's Report
ASHNHA met all of its goals during the 2007 Session. Here is a recap of how things turned out on our key measures. (Downloads Available)

May 2007
President's Report
Brenda MacKinnon, ASHNHA Office Manager, has announced her retirement effective July 31, 2007. Brenda began her career at ASHNHA on January 15, 1995. Brenda has been a mainstay at ASHNHA through that period, keeping ASHNHA grounded through 5 different C (Downloads Available)

Apr 2007
President's Report
Certification & Licensing is comprised of the Assisted Living Home; Children's Residential Services; Health Facility Licensing, Survey & Certification and the Background Check Program. The Section resides under the Division of Public Health; Jay Butler (Downloads Available)

Apr 2007
Healthcare and Human Services Career Fair
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 from 11 am - 5 pm at the Anchorage Job Center, 1251 Muldoon Road. A unique healthcare and human services career fair designed to provide information about employment, careers and training opportunities. (Downloads Available)

Apr 2007
President's Report
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Mar 2007
President's Report
HB18, WWAMI, has cleared the House and as of yesterday cleared Senate Finance with a unanimous vote. The bill will now go to Senate Rules for Senate scheduling of a floor vote. The Senate floor vote should happen on Monday.

Feb 2007
President's Report
HB18, WWAMI, passed out of the Alaska House of Representatives on a 37 to 0 vote! Thanks to all of you who responded to the ‘call for action’ and contacted your representatives. The bill is now in the Senate and should replace SB73, Senate look-alik (Downloads Available)

Feb 2007
President's Report
HB18, WWAMI, passed out of House Finance this week and is waiting to move to the House floor for a vote which should take place next Wednesday, February 14. (Downloads Available)

Feb 2007
President's Report
During the last week we have met with legislators on several issues with primary focus on the need to pass HB18 dealing with expansion of the WWHAMI program from 10 slots to 20 slots (Downloads Available)

Jan 2007
President's Report
Commissioner Karleen Jackson issued a decision on January 23, 2007 determining that a proposed addition of an MRI to a group orthopedic practice in Juneau, Juneau Bone and Joint Center, does not require CON review. (Downloads Available)

Jan 2007
President's Report
LEGISLATIVE SNAPSHOT (‘Ctrl + click’ on Bill # takes you to latest version of bill on Web) (Red font denotes change in status since last update) (Downloads Available)

Jan 2007
President's Report
The first batch of ‘pre-filed bills’ was released today on the Alaska Legislature home page. (Downloads Available)

Dec 2006
President's Report
At the annual YWCA Women of Achievement Awards luncheon where Karleen Jackson was being recognized as a recipient of this Award, Governor Sarah Palin chose the occasion to announce that Karleen Jackson will continue to lead the Alaska Department of Health (Downloads Available)

Nov 2006
President's Report
Pennsylvania recently became the first state to publicly report the number of patients who acquired infections. This is a hot topic for legislative discussion in many states, including Alaska for 2005. (Downloads Available)

Nov 2006
President's Report
Reports released new polling information that Alaska's gubernatorial race has grown more competitive. Republican Sarah Palin now leads Democrat Tony Knowles 42% to 40% . Twelve percent (12%) prefer "other," which in this poll would most likely be Independ (Downloads Available)

Oct 2006
The President's Report
This election update was reported in the Anchorage Daily News Blog The Trail on October 25. “A poll by Marc Hellenthal is also showing a virtual tie between Palin (41.9 percent) and Knowles (42.6 percent). (Downloads Available)

Oct 2006
President's Report
Alaska’s race for Governor is tightening up according to the latest Rasmussen poll dated October 16, 2006. The spread between Sarah Palin and Tony Knowles has closed to 7%. (Downloads Available)

Sep 2006
President's Report
Federal Court Finds in Bartlett’s Favor --On September 15, 2006 the U.S. District Court for Alaska issued a decision supporting Bartlett Hospital’s request to void a State Plan Amendment as not having been properly filed by the State. The Court agree (Downloads Available)

Aug 2006
President's Report
Mark McClellan does as promised and lets specialty hospital moratorium expire despite proof that there are serious problems that should be fixed. (Downloads Available)

Aug 2006
President's Report
Alaska Court Sides with Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on Question of Whether new Imaging Center is an IDTF and Subject to CON Approval (Downloads Available)

Aug 2006
President's Report
Alaskas New Regional Health Information Organization Moving Forward -- Dont Miss Out on Having Input Into its Design!! The recently formed Alaska RHIO is looking for broad input into the design of an Alaska-wide electronic health information system (Downloads Available)

Jul 2006
President's Report - SEARHC joins ASHPIN
As of July 1, 2006 Mt. Edgecumbe / SEARHC is now a member of the Alaska Small Hospital Performance Improvement Network, a subsidiary of ASHNHA. This brings the ASHPIN membership to 12 facilities (Downloads Available)

Jul 2006
President's Report
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Jun 2006
President's Report
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Jun 2006
President's Report
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May 2006
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May 2006
Final Valdez Spring Meeting Agenda
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May 2006
Updated Agenda for Valdez Board Meeting
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May 2006
Legislative Wrapup
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May 2006
President's Report
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Apr 2006
President's Report
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Apr 2006
President's Report
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Apr 2006
President's Report
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Mar 2006
President's Report
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Mar 2006
President's Report
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Mar 2006
President's Report
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Feb 2006
President's Report
ASHNHA Board Meeting in Juneau, February 22-23, 2006. (Downloads Available)

Feb 2006
President's Report
Ketchikan General Hospital Installs New CAD System for Early Breast Cancer Detection Studies show that the Use of CAD could result in earlier detection of up to 23.4 percent of the cancers currently detected using mammography. Governor Murk (Downloads Available)

Jan 2006
President's Report
ASHNHA Co-Hosting Legislative Reception with Physicians February 23 from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm to Address Physician Shortage Problem, ARTN, Nurse Overtime & Other Issues: ASHNHA and The ASHNHA Winter meeting will conclude by 3:00 pm on February 23 allowing (Downloads Available)

Jan 2006
President's Report
New Region 9 AHA Executive Named: George W. Greene, Esq. was recently named as the new Region 9 Executive for AHA. George has nine years experience in federal policy and member relations, most recently with Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, as Director, (Downloads Available)

Jan 2006
Winter Meeting Agenda & Registration Form
February 22-23, 2006 at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. Please complete the registration form and fax to ASHNHA. Thanks. (Downloads Available)

Jan 2006
President's Report
2006 Legislative Session Starts: The 2006 Session begins on Monday, January 9. As the Session moves forward the key legislation being considered will be summarized in the President’s Report, as well as highlighted on the ASHNHA web page. If you have (Downloads Available)

Dec 2005
President's Report
New Task Force Created to Address Physician Shortages in Alaska: The University of Alaska and the Alaska Department of Health & Social Services is convening a new Task Force to document physician shortages in the State (Phase 1), and to develop strategie (Downloads Available)

Dec 2005
President's Report
New CEO Announced for Cordova: A former Alaskan, Charles (Charlie) Button, has been named as the new CEO for Cordova Community Medical Center. Charlie previously served as CFO for South Peninsula Hospital and left Alaska in search of a CEO position. H (Downloads Available)

Nov 2005
Presidents Report
 FMAP Restored in U.S. Senate Version of FY 2006 Budget: We moved a step closer to filling the $60 million funding gap in the Medicaid budget with the Senate’s version of the FY 2006 budget. (Downloads Available)

Nov 2005
President's Report
ASHNHA Annual Meeting a Huge Success: Richard Greene, The Master of Charisma, kept the audience spellbound at the opening session as he related the similarities in styles of the worlds greatest communicators, and gave us all a primer on how (Downloads Available)

Sep 2005
President's Report
Update on CON Phase 2 Proposed Regulations: Since my last newsletter the department has held 3 workshops as well as the formal public hearing on these rules. Of primary concern continues to be the validity of the standards being proposed for each of (Downloads Available)

Sep 2005
Special President's Report #3
Each day we all learn more on Katrina relief efforts through 24/7 news reports and an increasing number of alerts directly from AHA. For that reason I am going to highlight just three items in case you may not have seen them. (Downloads Available)

Sep 2005
American College of Healthcare Executives Training
ACHE will offer two training sessions October 25 and 26th at the Alyeska Prince Hotel. October 25 is Successful Strategies to Increase Revenue and October 26 is Comprehensive Leadership for Serior-Level Executives. Both are 6 category 1 credits. See at (Downloads Available)

Aug 2005
President's Report
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Aug 2005
President's Report
Commissioner Gilbertson Resigns to Take Position with Providence. In an announcement that came as a surprise to most people, Governor (Downloads Available)

Jul 2005
President Report for 29 July 2005
Top story -- Commissioner Gilbertson responds to ASHNHA letter expressing concerns with Medicare Part D implementation for dual eligible and nursing home patients. And more... (Downloads Available)

Jul 2005
Letter to DHSS on Part D implementation
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Jul 2005
Aleyska Prince Hotel
Annual meeting rate: 95$. For reservations call: 1-800-775-6656

Jun 2005
Presidents Report
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May 2005
President Report
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May 2005
President's Letter
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May 2005
Healthcare Careers in AK via the Internet
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May 2005
President's Letter
Legislative Wrap-up (Downloads Available)

Apr 2005
President's Letter for April 27, 2005
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Apr 2005
New May 5 Agenda
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Apr 2005
President's Letter
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Apr 2005
President's Letter for April 5, 2005
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Mar 2005
May Agenda
The May agenda has been shortened to one day. Please check it out. Also a registration form is attached. Please sent in if you plan to attend. Thanks. (Downloads Available)

Mar 2005
SB 67
GOOD NEWS! SB 67 passed out of Senate Judiciary without amendment by a 3 to 2 vote this morning. Senators Seekins, Huggins and Therriault voted for the bill, Senators French and Guess voted against it. The bill moves to Rules where we will be working

Mar 2005
President's Letter for March 28, 2005
This issue covers legislation update, SEARHC Role in Southeast Alaska Update, Proposed CON Regulations Update, and next ASHNHA Meetings. (Downloads Available)

Mar 2005
ASHNHA Spring Meeting
The Board of Directors will be meeting in Juneau at the Baranof Hotel May 5-6, 2005. The agenda is available for download. (Downloads Available)

Mar 2005
President's Report For 3/11/2005
This issue covers: Current Legislation, Update on Medical Liability, Proposed CON Regulations, SEARHC Role in Southeast, Alex Stumps, Next ASHNHA Meeting (Downloads Available)

Mar 2005
Comments on SB 67 (Revision 1) Testimony
FYI, comments I delivered to Senate Judiciary today. Let me know if you have any suggestions for improving on this. Thank you. (Downloads Available)

Mar 2005
President's Report For the Week of 3/7/2005
This issue covers: Current Legislation, Worker's Compensation, Nursing Home Billing, CON Regulations, Up and Coming ASHNHA Meeting Agenda (Downloads Available)

Feb 2005
Presidents Report For the Week of 2/23/2005
This issue covers: Current Legislation, New Workers Compensation Proposal as was Unveiled by the Murkowski Administration, Nursing Home Billing Update, CON Regulations Update, Bill Patten, New Cordova CEO Appointed, Comments from Brian Gilbert, Discharge (Downloads Available)

Feb 2005
President Report For the Week of 02/11/2005
This issue covers: Tort Reform Update, Current Legislation, Nursing Home Billing, Proposed CON Regulation Update, Radiological Technologists Legislation Resurfacing, New VA Output Schedule, Rural Hospital Licensing Confusion, Next (Downloads Available)

Feb 2005
President's Report For the Week of 02/01/2005
This issue covers: Tort Reform Update, SEARHC Resolution Causes Concern in SE AK, CON Again, Legislation, Department Recruiting for Cert. & Lic. Administrator, Workers Compensation Report Link, Federal Medicaid Budget (Downloads Available)


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