Delaware Healthcare Association
1280 S Governors AvenueDover, DE 19904
(302) 674-2853
Press Releases:
Below is a listing of the most recent Delaware Healthcare Association Press Releases.
Delaware Hospitals Adopt Common Color Wrist Bands
September 14, 2009
As part
of its mission to ensure patient safety during hospital visits, the
Delaware Healthcare Association announced implementation of a voluntary
initiative among Delaware hospitals to standardize the use of
color-coded patient wristbands.
Delaware Hospitals Feel the Pinch of Economic Crash
June 3, 2009
A sick economy can cause injury to hospitals
just like every other business.
2007 Delaware Hospitals & Health Systems Community Benefit Report
March 30, 2009Delaware Hospitals: The State Health Safety Net and Economic Engine Over $79,000,000 Spent on Care for Those Unable to Pay, Contributed Healthcare and Healthy Living Initiatives Valued at Over $280 Million Leading Industry: Over 20,000 Jobs at an Average Salary of Over $50,000
State of Delaware
Rolls-Back Hospital Medicaid Increase
The
State of Delaware has rescinded a 4.4% increase in hospital Medicaid
reimbursement rates that will cost the state hospitals in excess of
$12 million a year. The rate increase was implemented in January of
this year. Now, due to the sizable budget shortfall, state
government has informed hospitals the increase will be rescinded
starting April 1, 2009.
Delaware Healthcare Association and Medical Society of Delaware
Team Up to Push Health Care Reform Principles
January 15, 2009
The Medical Society of Delaware (MSD) and the Delaware Healthcare
Association (DHA) believe that the time for serious reform of the
health care system in Delaware has come.
Delaware Hospitals Take on Preventable Errors
Voluntarily Adopt Policy to Not Charge for Serious Adverse Events
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Lauds New Policy
February 2008
The Delaware Healthcare Association today announced that all
Delaware hospitals will adopt a uniform policy to not charge
patients or insurers for certain serious adverse events as defined
by the National Quality Forum (NQF), including wrong site surgeries
and serious medication errors. In doing so, Delaware becomes only
the third state in the nation to publicly announce this voluntary
action.