Current News

• CHA-MN Members Honored at 2009 MHA Awards: May 15, 2009

  Eighteen Minnesota hospital representatives and programs were honored May 8 at the 25th-annual Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) Awards banquet, including the following CHA-MN members:
  
  Volunteer of the Year: Corene Kain of St. Cloud Hospital
  Spirit of Advocacy Award: Mary Klimp, CEO of Queen of Peace Hospital in New Prague
  Innovation of the Year in Patient Care Award
  Large Hospital Category: HealthEast Perinatal Safety Collaborative
  Health Care Career Promotion Award
  Large Hospital Category: St. Cloud Hospital's high school student internship program and educational scholarships
  Best Minnesota Hospital Workplace (two categories)
  Large Hospital Category: St. Cloud Hospital

• Legislative Changes to Minnesota Care

  Read a statement from the DHS on changes to MNCare effective July 1, 2009.

• CHA Comments on Senate Finance Committee Delivery System Reform Paper

  Read statement here.

• CHA Takes Issue with American Journal Article

  Ethicists at CHA and the National Catholic Bioethics Center are taking issue with an article in the American Journal of Public Health that they say demonstrates a lack of knowledge about how medical practices at Catholic institutions are guided by Catholic moral principles. The article, "When There's a Heartbeat: Miscarriage Management in Catholic-Owned Hospitals," was published in October. Read more in an article in the May 1 issue of Catholic Health World.

• CHA Comments on the Proposed Rescission of the December 2008 Conscience Clause Regulation.

  Read statement here.
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• CHA President Attends White House Summit

  Sister Carol Keehan, DC, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States participated in the White House Forum on Health Reform on March 5. Read her comments here.

• JRLC Recognizes Sr. Mary Heinen

  The Joint Religious Legislative Coalition recognized recently awarded CHAMN Board Member Sr. Mary Heinen the Lawrence D. Gibson Interfaith Social Justice Award at the annual JRLC Day on the Hill, which mobilizes citizen advocacy for social justice policies at the Minnesota Legislature. The award highlighted her health care advocacy work through St. Mary’s Clinics, which provide free primary health care to uninsured people in the seven-county metro area. For a complete story on the award, see this article from The Catholic Spirit.

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