• July 2014 Issue of the Plain Press

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  • MetroHealth receives recognition for financial communications with patients

    (Plain Press, July 2014)MetroHealth Medical Center, Cuyahoga County’s public hospital system headquartered on W. 25th Street in the Clark Fulton neighborhood, received recognition from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) as the first health care organization in the nation to adopt HFMA’s Patient Financial Communications Best Practices. The award, from the Healthcare Financial Management Association,…


  • FOOD & WATER WATCH

    PHOTO COURTESY OF FOOD & WATER WATCH March 10th Food & Water Watch activists stand with Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman, Council President Kevin Kelly, Director Karen Butler of the Cleveland Department of Public Health, and Mayor Jackson at Cleveland City Hall after Councilman Cimperman introduced a resolution calling for federal action on the issue…


  • Food and Water Watch urges limits on use of antibiotics

      (Plain Press, March 2014) Food and Water Watch held a press conference on Saturday, February 15th at the rear entrance of the West Side Market to announce the launch of a local campaign to raise awareness of the misuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Protester Brandon Bish dressed in a cow costume and other…


  • Update on MyCare Ohio

    (Plain Press, March 2014) MyCare Ohio, a new managed care program for Ohioans 18 years and older who receive both Medicaid and Medicare benefits was featured in the February issue of the Plain Press. Following publication of the February issue, the Plain Press learned that the project was pushed back one month. Instead of consumers…