OCTOBER 2011 :: Latest National News

SHSMD Elects 2012 President-elect, Directors

Published Saturday Oct 1, 2011 by Healthcare Review

Chicago, IL – Members of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD), a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association, have elected Holli Salls, a healthcare marketing executive from Chicago, as 2012 president-elect of the SHSMD board of directors. Ms. Salls will become president of the 4,000-member organization of healthcare strategy professionals [...]

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Physician Assistant Workforce in the United States Reaches Record High

Published Saturday Oct 1, 2011 by Healthcare Review

American Academy of Physician Assistants Census Report contains key information on fast-growing health care profession
Washington, DC – The American Academy of Physician Assistants today released its 2010 Census Report and Salary Report. These documents provide data revealing that, even in a down economy, the profession continues to grow rapidly and reward PAs professionally and personally.
According [...]

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HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds for organizations to become community health centers

Published Saturday Oct 1, 2011 by Healthcare Review

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards totaling $10 million to aid 129 organizations across the country that would like to become community health centers.  These funds, made available by the Affordable Care Act, support organizations’ development as a future health center.
Health centers improve the health of the nation and [...]

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