Underpaid Ohio Nursing Homes To Get $875 Million From State Budget Bill

An omnibus correction bill that includes millions for skilled nursing facilities is headed to Ohio's governor for signature. Other state health news is reported from Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Illinois, California, and elsewhere.

The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer: Ohio Passes Bill To Pay Nursing Homes $875 Million After State Supreme Court Ruling

Ohio lawmakers moved to pay nursing homes $875 million on Wednesday after a state Supreme Court ruling found they were underpaid. The money was included in an omnibus budget correction bill that now goes to Gov. Mike DeWine for his signature. The $875 million is earmarked for skilled nursing facilities. (McGowan, 6/10)

Health industry layoffs and cutbacks —

Modern Healthcare: UPMC Layoffs To Impact 200 Employees

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is laying off about 200 staff members and cutting 300 open positions. The cuts, part of a regular reassessment of services, primarily affect non-clinical roles and positions that are not patient-facing, a UPMC spokesperson said Tuesday. UPMC has 100,000 employees. (DeSilva, 6/10)

MPR News: Mankato Clinic Lays Off About 100 Employees But Says Patient Care Won't Be Affected

Almost 100 employees of the physician-owned Mankato clinic were laid off on Tuesday, and the layoffs were effective immediately. None of the 12 Mankato Clinic locations will close, and none of its 200 physicians are being laid off. But the cuts affected most departments, including management and ancillary support staff like front desk receptionists and imaging staff. (Yang, 6/10)

Becker's Hospital Review: Optum To Cut 98 Jobs In Illinois, Close Pharmacy Facility

Optum is laying off 98 people in Moline, Ill., as it closes a mail-order pharmacy facility, according to regulatory documents filed June 5. The notice names Optum Services as the employer and lists the cuts under a plant closure at 4300 44th Ave. in Moline. The facility houses divvyDOSE, an online pharmacy purchased by Optum in 2020 that serves patients managing chronic conditions and complex medication regimens. (Emerson, 6/10)

Becker's Hospital Review: MetroHealth Won’t Reverify Its Pediatric Trauma Center

Cleveland-based MetroHealth System will not seek reverification for its level 2 pediatric trauma center designation at its main campus. (Taylor, 6/10)

The latest from California —

San Francisco Chronicle: Stanford Lays Out Plans For Biggest Medical Facility In Its History

Stanford Medicine plans to begin construction of a major new cancer center in Redwood City as soon as 2029 that, upon completion, will serve the growing number of patients the provider expects to treat in the coming decades. (Ho, 6/10)

Los Angeles Times: Supporters Of L.A. County Healthcare Sales Tax Declare Victory

Supporters of a half-cent sales tax proposed to help fund health services in Los Angeles County declared victory Tuesday after days of steadily gaining ground as more ballots were counted. (Ellis, 6/9)

WUSF: USF Summer Nursing Program Gives Teens Hands-On Inspiration

It's not every day high school students can practice listening to the heartbeat of a pediatric manikin – especially one that can talk, turn its head and even cry. Fifty high school students from Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties had the opportunity to not only examine “PediHal,” a high-fidelity pediatric manikin, but also dive into an early introduction to nursing with clinical simulations and skill labs. (Avlonitis, 6/11)

More news from across the U.S. —

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Sheriff’s Deputy Settles Landmark Trans Rights Case Against Georgia County

After winning a landmark transgender rights ruling that was later overturned, a sheriff’s deputy in central Georgia has settled an almost seven-year court battle challenging her employers’ health insurance plan. Sgt. Anna Lange, a deputy in the Houston County Sheriff’s Office from 2006, has been locked in a court fight with the county and its sheriff since October 2019, after they refused to cover her gender-affirming surgery under the plan. (Manins, 6/11)

AP: New Mexico's Universal Childcare Program Faces Key Legal Test

A New Mexico judge is scheduled Thursday to consider arguments in a challenge to the state’s fledgling universal childcare program, an ambitious and closely watched effort to eliminate daycare costs for all working families. A lawsuit brought by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez and other plaintiffs challenges the process used by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration to eliminate an income cap and co-pays for childcare assistance before the Legislature had a chance to weigh in or approve funding. (Peters, 6/11)

South Dakota News Watch: Hospital Helping Solve Housing Shortage In South Dakota Town

In a first-of-its-kind project in South Dakota, the small hospital in this southern Black Hills town is investing in a subdivision project to provide housing for its employees. Fall River Health Services, an independent nonprofit medical center in Hot Springs, is paying $2.3 million of the overall $3.4 million cost of infrastructure for a subdivision that could create 48 new affordable housing units a few hundred yards from the hospital campus. Like many South Dakota employers, Fall River Health is enduring a long-range worker shortage that has put pressure on its existing staff and driven up costs due to hiring of expensive traveling, short-term medical employees. (Pfankuch, 6/10)

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