Podcasts about Essentia Health

Minnesota school districts are facing a new financial hit after learning the Trump administration will withhold tens of millions in education funding.About three hundred nurses and other medical staff went on strike today in the Duluth area. They work at six Essentia Health facilities and are negotiating their first union contracts.Those stories and more in today's evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

More than 15,000 nurses and health care workers across 22 hospitals and clinics in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports have voted to authorize a strike amid contract negotiations. While it doesn't mean a strike will happen, it's one step closer to health care workers going to the picket line. Chris Rubesch is the president of the Minnesota Nurses Association, the union representing the nurses and health care workers involved, and an RN at Essentia Health in Duluth. He joined Minnesota Now to talk about the vote.Minnesota Now reached out to the Twin Cities Hospital Group for an interview, but they were unavailable. They provided this statement:“Today's announcement of a strike vote puts the union's “strike first, patients second” mentality on full display. It is disappointing that the union has chosen this path instead of working collaboratively to find solutions. While today's vote tally does not mean a strike is imminent (a 10-day notice must be provided), if the union decides it is preferable for our nurses to leave their patients at the bedside, our hospitals will be fully prepared to care for patients. As they must be, our teams are focused on concluding these negotiations, reaching a fair settlement, and serving our patients.”

Essentia Health leaders discuss tribal partnerships and policy reforms, while Pat Traynor outlines his vision for advancing health services across North Dakota.

Melanie Wilson, Interim CFO for Essentia Health, joins the podcast to discuss value-based patient care models and how political shifts are influencing the healthcare finance landscape. She highlights the importance of community partnerships and shares what excites her most about the future of the industry—including improvements in operational efficiency and streamlining workflow to better serve patients and providers alike.

Until about 6-7 years ago A.J. Hegg had little idea what the acronyms CDI or UM were, much less what they did or how they helped hospitals.  Today the Essentia Health hospitalist is leading a new physician advisor program and making a big impact on his organization. Both from a quality and financial perspective, but also on the personal lives of a diverse team of physician advisors who have managed to incorporate life balance into their work. Listen in as we cover: Hegg's origin story into CDI, fueled (or perhaps pushed) by director Tracy Boldt  His role today—CDI vs. medicine, and division of responsibilities Essentia Health's physician advisor program—services covered, scope of work, and core responsibilities including UM and CDI simultaneously Bringing back old-school CDI as it was once practiced (and still is in some corners)—at the elbow clarifications, conversations, provider education. And how it all meshes with Essentia's existing CDI team. Metrics, assistive technologies, and high-level dashboard Who the team is and how it functions—shift work and task based, structured for work-life balance and an emphasis on positive culture Obtaining organizational buy-in and high-level ROI A favorite hazy memory from the Encore casino in Boston, September 2021 ACDIS physician advisor exchange... 

Explore stroke prevention with Essentia Health, climate challenges with H2O Radio, Nebraska's CRP program struggles, and cultural restoration with Our Living Lands.

Guests were Rena Bolt, Community Health Specialist with Essentia Health and Tracy Wallin, Marketing Coordinator with Lakes Area United Way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guests were Rena Bolt, Community Health Specialist with Essentia Health and Tracy Wallin, Marketing Coordinator with Lakes Area United Way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MINOT — Our attitudes about health insurance shift, depending on the context we're in. When we're healthy and paying premiums, we want costs to be low. When we're sick or hurt or sitting alongside a family member suffering some malady, we want expansive coverage and not a lot of bureaucracy. Unfortunately, these things are in tension with one another; part of it is the process of prior authorization. What is that, specifically? "When a provider requests a procedure, a prescription, or anything like that, what they do is they request this through the insurance provider to make sure that it's covered," Sen. Scott Meyer said. That can sometimes be a lengthy process, taking days or weeks, which aren't happy days or weeks when a person is hurting. Sen. Meyer has sponsored Senate Bill 2280, which targets a specific type of insurance (self-funded policies) for regulation on prior authorization. "If we're going to be reviewing a prior authorization with the insurance company, it needs to be done by a physician rather than a business analyst, an algorithm or AI," Sen. Meyer said of his bill. "The people that ultimately get hurt in this, though, are the patients," added Andy Askew, who is the Vice President of Public Policy for Essentia Health and appeared alongside Sen. Meyer. "This is meant, again, to help these folks that need help, need care, and to get it in a timely manner." Also on this episode, co-host Chad Oban and I discussed a Minnesota lawmaker backing legislation to define criticism of President Donald Trump as a mental illness (and his recent arrest for soliciting sex from a child), the progress on a book ban bill, the status of Gov. Kelly Armstrong's proposed property tax reform, and how my reporting ended up on a Court TV live stream. This episode is presented by North Dakotans for Public Schools. North Dakotans for Public Schools is dedicated to protecting and strengthening public education in North Dakota. United by the belief that public schools are the cornerstone of our communities; North Dakotans for Public Schools fights against harmful policies like voucher schemes that divert resources away from public schools. By bringing together educators, parents, school boards, and citizens; North Dakotans for Public Schools amplifies the voices of those who understand the critical role public schools play in shaping the future of North Dakota's children and communities. Learn more and get involved at www.NDforPublicSchools.com. If you want to participate in Plain Talk, just give us a call or text at 701-587-3141. It's super easy — leave your message, tell us your name and where you're from, and we might feature it on an upcoming episode. To subscribe to Plain Talk, search for the show wherever you get your podcasts or use one of the links below. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Pocket Casts | Episode Archive

This week on the AHRMM Subject Matter Expert Podcast, host Justin Poulin sits down with Brian Zuck, VP of Supply Chain at Essentia Health, who shares the unique challenges of building resilience in rural healthcare supply chains. Brian explains his practical approach to combining resilience with stability, revealing how Essentia overcomes rural staffing challenges through their clinician-led committees, integrated systems, and their new highly automated distribution center. He also discusses the importance of centralized distribution for geographically dispersed health systems and what's next on Essentia's innovation roadmap. Join us for this candid conversation about the realities of rural healthcare supply chain management! #PowerSupply #AHRMM #Podcast #HealthcareSupplyChain #RuralHealthcare #SupplyChainResilience #DistributionStrategy

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is opening an investigation into the Minnesota State High School League — the governing body of sports and other extracurricular activities in the state — for its policy allowing student athletes to participate in sports consistent with their gender identity.University of Minnesota researchers are sounding alarms over President Donald Trump's plan to dramatically cut funding for National Institutes of Health grants.And Fairview Health Services says it is not interested in a merger with the University of Minnesota and Essentia Health. This is an MPR News morning update hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.Find these headlines and more at mprnews.org.Feds to probe Minnesota State High School League over transgender athlete policyMerger with the U and Essentia? Fairview says ‘no'Read the latest edition of the Minnesota Today newsletter.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or RSS.

A man who spent nearly 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder is suing the city of Minneapolis. And Fairview Health Services says it is not interested in a merger with the University of Minnesota and Essentia Health.Those stories and more in today's evening update. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

UnitedHealth Group reveals that the number of Americans impacted by last year's Change Healthcare breach has nearly doubled. The University of Minnesota and Essentia Health announce a plan to form a new nonprofit healthcare entity. And, Walgreens rumored sale of itself to a private equity firm is reportedly called off. We'll get those stories—and more—coming up on today's episode of the Gist Healthcare podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests were Kelli Johnson, Crow Wing County SHIP Coordinator, Rena Bolt, Community Specialist with Essentia Health and Talia Brodhead, BLADE Program Coordinator, and Community Engagement Manager with MnPRA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guests were Kelli Johnson, Crow Wing County SHIP Coordinator, Rena Bolt, Community Specialist with Essentia Health and Talia Brodhead, BLADE Program Coordinator, and Community Engagement Manager with MnPRA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's guests are Lena N. Wilson, MHI, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDI manager at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, and A.J. Hegg, MD, CCDS, medical director of UM at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota. Today's show is part of the “Talking CDI” series, hosted by ACDIS Director Rebecca Hendren, and it kicks off an occasional series featuring members of the ACDIS Advisory Board. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org. Want to submit a question for a future "listener questions" episode? Fill out this brief form!  CEU info: Each ACDIS Podcast episode now offers 0.5 ACDIS CEU which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first two days from the time of publication. To receive your 0.5 CEU, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/acdis-advisory-board-series-second-level-reviews) Note: To ensure your certificate reaches you and does not get trapped in your organization's spam filters, please use a personal email address when completing the CEU evaluation form. The cut-off for today's episode CEU is Monday, January 6, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEU for this week's episode. Note that the CEU period has been extended for this week's episode due to the New Years holiday. Today's sponsor: Today's show is brought to you by the 2025 ACDIS conference, taking place May 4-7, in Orlando, Florida. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/47erPfl ACDIS update: ACDIS members can download the new January/February edition of the CDI Journal, focused on “Your Career in CDI,” now! (https://bit.ly/3VzphDP) Apply to serve on an ACDIS committee by January 31, 2025! (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/January-2025-Committees) Learn more about the 2025 ACDIS national conference and register today! (https://bit.ly/47erPfl)

Police have arrested a man they believe was involved in the fatal shooting of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare.And more than seventy hospital and long-term care workers at Deer River Essentia Health began an open-ended unfair labor practice strike today.Those stories and more in today's evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Kelly Bleyer. Music by Gary Meister.

It's Monday, November 25th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Muslim brothers beat Christian convert to death in Uganda A Christian teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda, who had just converted from Islam on October 4th at an Christian evangelistic crusade, was subsequently murdered on October 21st, reports The Christian Post. Wanjala Hamidu, age 32, was a teacher at Swidiki Islamic School in Nankoma. When his brothers learned about his conversion, they confronted him at the school, demanding that he renounce Christ. After Hamidu refused, they beat him to death, yelling, “Infidel, infidel, shame, shame to our family!” His mother stood nearby shouting for help, but no one dared to defy the Muslim brothers. In Matthew 10:32, Jesus said, "Whoever acknowledges Me before others, I will also acknowledge before My Father in Heaven.” New York judge grants Trump request to file motion to dismiss charges Last Friday, Judge Juan Merchan granted President-elect Trump's request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in the hush money case and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect from the schedule, reports Fox News. Trump tapped Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence among others Speaking of Trump, he's made more cabinet picks, reports The Epoch Times. He picked former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence, North Dakota's Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security, former Rep. Doug Collins to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Rep. Elise Stefanik to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Will Elon Musk buy MSNBC? Comcast's corporate reorganization will move cable news channels CNBC and MSNBC, along with other TV brands, into a new company tentatively named SpinCo, sparking speculation about their future, reports Newsweek. Wall Street Mav tweeted, “Comcast is putting MSNBC up for sale. CNN just announced massive layoffs [are] coming. Maybe the new owners will figure out that lying non-stop to your audience is a lousy business model.” On Friday, Donald Trump Jr. jokingly suggested that Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a Trump surrogate, buy the liberal network, calling it the "funniest idea." Musk tweeted, “How much does it cost?” Babies conceived in rape should be protected from abortion too Imagine for a moment, watching repeated news stories where people say that a person like you shouldn't exist. Imagine hearing, over and over again, that you should be dead. Imagine someone telling you on TV or in real life that you should have been aborted. That's been Ryan Bomberger's experience nearly his whole life. In an attention-getting new 60-second video, he shares his testimony and challenges those who do not object to abortion in the case of rape to rethink their position. BOMBERGER: “Some say that I should have been aborted. I am the 1% that's used 100% of the time to justify abortion. You see, my birth mom was a victim of the violence of rape. But I'm so grateful that she didn't make me a victim of the violence of abortion. “You know who else is grateful? My two incredible parents who adopted 10 of their 13 children, and my amazing wife and four kiddos, two of whom were also adopted. Triumph can rise from tragedy. “My birth mom's courage proved that to be true. She was stronger than abortion, and her resilience will have beautiful reverberations for generations. “My name is Ryan Bomberger. I was conceived in rape, but adopted in love.” Powerful words indeed. Did you know that Frederick Douglass, the famed former slave and abolitionist, was also conceived in rape? Proverbs 31:8 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Including those conceived in rape. Minnesota hospital apologizes for serving free Chick-fil-A sandwiches Staffers at a Minnesota hospital got triggered by a free Chick-fil-A sandwich. St. Mary's Medical Center treated staff to complimentary chicken sandwiches as a way to thank them for their hard work. It turns out some of those staff members were also perpetually-offended snowflakes. In an email to medical staff that was exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire, Tammy Kritzer, senior vice president at Essentia Health, wrote, “We have received feedback from some colleagues who were concerned or offended by this occurrence, and we value colleagues feeling comfortable expressing their reservations.” Instead of telling the offended staffers to eat their free meal and relax, the hospital apologized. Kritzer wrote, “We would like to thank our colleagues who had the courage to speak up to widen our lens of inclusivity.” Daily Wire reports that staffers came down with a raging case of woke indigestion because Chick-fil-A is owned by a Christian family who follows the teachings of the Bible. They also accused the privately-owned company of donating money to “anti-gay” hate groups like the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Christian talk show host Todd Starnes wrote, “For the record, there's no evidence that Chick-fil-A has ever discriminated against a member of the LGBTQIA community. It is their pleasure to feed everyone chicken.” Anniversary of Jackie Robinson named Major League Baseball's MVP in 1949 And finally, a week ago Monday, November 18th, was the anniversary of the date in 1949 when Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was named the National League's Most Valuable Player. He was the first African-American man to play major-league baseball, having broken baseball's color line in 1947 as Rookie of the Year. Robinson led the Brooklyn Dodgers to six league championships and one World Series victory. Amazingly, he stole home plate 19 times while many players never steal home plate once. ANNOUNCER #1: “The fans will never forget the sight of Jackie Robinson preparing for the plate on his daring steal.” ANNOUNCER #2: “Here comes Robinson trying to steal home. He's safe!” ANNOUNCER #3: “The Yankee pitcher appears upset.” Robinson's presence was controversial in racially segregated Florida. He was not allowed to stay with his white teammates at the team hotel, and instead lodged at the home of Joe and Dufferin Harris, a politically active African-American couple. Then, in October 1959, Robinson entered the Greenville Municipal Airport's whites-only waiting room. Airport police asked Robinson to leave, but he refused. At a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People speech in Greenville, South Carolina, Robinson urged "complete freedom" and encouraged black citizens to vote and to protest their second-class citizenship. The following January, approximately 1,000 people marched on New Year's Day to the airport, which was desegregated shortly thereafter. Most importantly, Jackie Robinson's Christian faith sustained him through his career. As he told one reporter about his nightly practice of kneeling by his bedside to pray, “It's the best way to get closer to God,” adding with a smile, “and a hard-hit groundball.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, November 25th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Our guests today included Kelli Johnson, Crow Wing County Statewide Health Improvement Partnership Coordinator, and Rena Bolt, Community Health Specialist, Essentia Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike Ferguson in the Morning 11-21-24 (7:05am) Darrell Jones from the Herzog Foundation talks about Trump's nomination of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education and we also discuss the three illegal teachers' strikes in Massachusetts which are forcing over 10,000 students out of school.  From the Herzog Foundation: President-elect Donald Trump has nominated business executive and former Cabinet member Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. In his press statement, Trump described McMahon, who is well-known for founding and leading the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Inc. with her husband Vince McMahon, as a “fierce advocate for Parents' Rights.” “Linda will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice' in every State in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for their families,” Trump wrote. “Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and a deep understanding of both Education and Business, to empower the next Generation of American Students and Workers, and make America Number One in Education in the World.” Story here: https://readlion.com/trump-names-former-cabinet-member-linda-mcmahon-as-next-secretary-of-education/   Meanwhile, illegal teachers' union strikes in Massachusetts are nearing their third week, amassing thousands in fines. Three Massachusetts teachers' unions are continuing their illegal strike, forcing 10,000 students out of school. The Beverly Teachers Association (BTA), the Union of Gloucester Educators (UCE), and the Marblehead Education Association (MEA) are on strike in their respective school districts, even though public union walkouts are outlawed in Massachusetts. The districts are in the Greater Boston area. Gloucester school board chair Kathleen Clancy said they'd offer the union “the largest salary increases ever” in the district's history but needed to make sure the city “does not overstrain its finances or be forced to make service and personnel cuts.” Beverly leadership also made generous offers to increase teacher salaries by nearly 30% and paraprofessional wages by nearly 45%. But the unions still aren't satisfied, even though they're running up against legal ramifications. A judge told the MEA to end their strike by Nov. 14 or else face a $50,000 fine, with an additional $10,000 for every day the strike continues. BTA and UCE are compounding similar fines, though their penalties started on Nov. 12. NBC10 reported the BTA is scheduled to appear in court next Monday. Story here: https://readlion.com/illegal-teachers-union-strikes-in-massachusetts-nears-third-week-amasses-thousands-in-fines/   Get your free subscription to The Lion newsletter here: https://readlion.com/ Darrell's info here: https://herzogfoundation.com/ (https://readlion.com) (@pastordrj)   (7:20am) So the boss at a hospital in Duluth, MN surprised everyone with free lunch. And employees at Essentia Health were offended. Why? Because it was Chick-fil-A, and some of them just couldn't handle it. BTW, the hospital provides cross-sex hormones and more to minors. According to the Stop The Harm database, Essentia has performed at least five sex-change operations on minors. Story here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospital-apologizes-for-chick-fil-a-lunch-thanks-employees-who-had-the-courage-to-complain?topStoryPosition=5 And story here: https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/11/20/hospital-apologizes-to-offended-employees-for-free-chick-fil-a-lunchthe-reason-is-ridiculous-n2182240   (7:35am) Susie Moore, Deputy Managing Editor of RedState.com, joins us to talk about the conviction of illegal alien Jose Ibarra, Laken Riley's killer. Susie's column here: https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/11/20/watch-laken-rileys-family-present-victims-impact-statements-as-judge-delivers-ibarra-sentence-n2182243 More from Susie here: https://redstate.com/author/smoosieq (https://redstate.com/) (@SmoosieQ)     (7:50am) We continue the discussion regarding the hospital in Duluth, MN, with employees who turned down free lunch that was provided for them...from Chick-fil-A. Surprised? Not these days.      NewsTalkSTL website: https://newstalkstl.com/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/NewsTalkSTL Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewstalkSTL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsTalkSTL Livestream 24/7: bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guests today included Kelli Johnson, Crow Wing County Statewide Health Improvement Partnership Coordinator, and Rena Bolt, Community Health Specialist, Essentia Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We'll talk with Essentia Health oncologists in Fargo about the increase in cancer among younger North Dakotans, 'Twisters' and the news.

Listen to our latest podcast where Erin Monahan, Dermatology PA, shares tips on Sun Safety! Bios: Host: Hayden Middleton, DMSc, PA-C is a family medicine PA and clinical researcher at M Health Fairview in St. Paul, Minnesota. He holds a Doctor of Medical Science Degree from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah and completed PA School at Bethel University in St. Paul. Hayden has a special interest in dermatology and dermoscopy both in clinical practice and research. He has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and posters and has presented at National, State, and Local Conferences. He is also a 2023-2024 AAPA-PAEA Research Fellow. He currently serves on the MAPA board, as President-Elect and the MAPA Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Chair.Panelist: Erin Monahan DMSc, PA-C, CAQ-Derm practices with Essentia Health Dermatology in Duluth, MN and Superior, WI.  She is a graduate of Nova Southeastern University in Fort Myers, FL. She started her career in Family Medicine then transitioned into Dermatology in 2016.  Erin is a diplomate fellow of the Society of Dermatology PAs (SDPA), an AAPA Recognized Clinical Preceptor, and was Essentia Health's East Market APP of the Year in 2023. 

Would you know the signs of a stroke if you saw them in a friend or a family member? May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Nearly 800,000 people have a stroke each year in the United States. MPR News host Angela Davis hears from a neurologist about the causes, signs and symptoms of a stroke.  She also hears from a survivor about her road to recovery after her life-changing stroke — and why she teamed up with a colleague to share her experience with the medical community, resulting in a study published in the medical journal Rehabilitation Nursing: “The Lived Experience of Serious Stroke Survival.” Guests:    Dr. “Vic” Vikram Jadhav is an interventional neurologist at Essentia Health in Duluth. Roberta Hunt, Ph.D., is a former professor of nursing at St. Catherine University in St. Paul. She survived a serious stroke in May 2020, and together with her former colleague published an academic case study on her survivorship experience.Barbara Champlin, Ph.D., is a former professor of nursing at St. Catherine University and the University of Minnesota and Roberta's former colleague. She worked with Roberta to publish an academic case study on Roberta's survivorship experience.Jackie Smith is Roberta's daughter.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.   

WDAY First News anchors Scott Engen, Lisa Budeau and Lydia Blume break down your regional news for Tuesday, May 28, 2024. InForum Minute is produced by Forum Communications and brought to you by reporters from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and WDAY TV. Visit https://www.inforum.com/subscribe to subscribe.

In this episode, Douglas Arvin, West Market VP and CFO at Essentia Health shares insights into his 25+ years experience in healthcare, top trends he is following in healthcare right now, Essentia Health's growth strategy, and more.

Dr. Kimberly Kolkhorst, Chair of gastroenterology at Essentia Health, joins guest host Dane DeKrey to discuss colorectal cancer awareness month.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

City of Fosston Mayor Jim Offerdahl is pushing back on Essentia Health after they stopped delivering babies in Fosston.  

The man who admitted stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn in the "The Wizard of Oz" will not go to prison. And Essentia Health is closing its labor and delivery services unit in the rural northwestern Minnesota city of Fosston. Mayor Jim Offerdahl says the announcement breeches a contract Essentia has with the city to offer core services.This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.

Congress is back a trillion here and a trillion there, Jim Perrault, happy birthday Elvis, its Bubble Bath Day, some hockey talk, budget talk, Essentia Health will not be merging after all, is the Gov doing acid he's created controversy over the state flag...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. K speaks with Dr. David Herman, CEO of Essentia Health, headquartered in Duluth, MN. They discuss being a change agent for Value Based Care in rural areas. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Dr. Karyn Baum, Chief Transformation Officer at Essentia Health & Adjunct Professor of Medicine at University of Minnesota joins the podcast to discuss key insights into her background, the importance of having balance in order to prevent burnout, what the role of Chief Transformation Officer entails at Essential Health, and more.

Essentia Health ATC Cristina Nistler joins the podcast for the first of several installments ahead of the 2024 Grandma's Marathon weekend designed to help keep runners focused on the finish line while avoiding any common injuries and/or medical issues.As part of her role with Essentia Health, Nistler works part-time throughout the year in the Grandma's Marathon office. She's responsible not only for helping lead the organization of our medical personnel on race weekend, but also to educate and inform our runners ahead of their race in Duluth.Nistler will be every runner's biggest cheerleader when it comes to race day, but she's also hoping this mini-podcast series, as well as several other initiatives, can help ensure that she won't have to meet many of our runners in the medical tent this June.

Restauranteur Monte Jones is a community builder and he has a new project! After receiving treatment for prostate cancer, Monte noted that the changing room at Essentia Health in Fargo could use a refresh. That's how Wine, Fondue and Gratitude came to be and tickets are going fast. Hear Monte's story, feel the passion and indulge in an evening of fine dining for a purpose on October 26th at the Radisson Blu in downtown Fargo, NDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of “Inside Health Care,” we meet two guests, in two interviews. Our first guest advocates for birth, racial and gender equity, driven by her own distressing experiences as a patient. Our second guest developed effective ways to implement virtual care on a large scale to improve equity and representation for rural communities.Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, JD, is a vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she leads the Health Justice team. Born in Puerto Rico, Sinsi is a national health and health care equity policy and advocacy thought leader dedicated to advancing equal opportunities for women and families of color. The Partnership worked with health care experts and partner organizations to develop a report that includes recommendations for improvement in resolving gaps in health equity that executive leaders can tailor to their organizations.Debbie Welle-Powell, MPA, is CEO of DWP Advisors and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado Executive MBA. But Debbie is best and widely known in the health care world as the former Chief Population Health Officer at Essentia Health. Headquartered in Duluth, Essentia is an integrated delivery system of 14 hospitals and 1,500 providers spanning the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Debbie designed, built and operationalized Essentia's $2.5 billion transition from a primarily fee-for-service model of care to one that focuses on value.Later in our “Fast Facts” segment, we observe Breast Cancer Awareness month for October 2023. We discuss the CDC's guidance on how to help people with cancer "Stay Mentally and Emotionally Healthy.” We also discuss NCQA's Breast Cancer Screening HEDIS measure, which assesses women 50–74 years of age who had at least one mammogram to screen for breast cancer in the past 2 years.

This episode features Debbie Welle-Powell, Adjunct Professor at University of Colorado Business School & Former Chief Population Health Officer at Essentia Health. Here, she discusses her background, her focus on value-based care & information as a social determinant of health, advice for emerging leaders, and more.

Today is Friday, July 14. Here are some of the latest headlines from the Fargo, North Dakota area.  InForum Minute is produced by Forum Communications and brought to you by reporters from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and WDAY TV. For more news from throughout the day, visit InForum.com.

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Today is Friday, July 7. Here are some of the latest headlines from the Fargo, North Dakota area.  InForum Minute is produced by Forum Communications and brought to you by reporters from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and WDAY TV. For more news from throughout the day, visit InForum.com.    

A transparent sit-down meeting with Anesthesiologist, Dr. Perry Regas, MD, about the medical industry and what it is like temporarily putting people to sleep for a living. With over 15 years in the medical industry, Dr. Regas shares with Duluth Pack's CEO, Tom Sega, about his family-oriented childhood, his lifelong passion for the medical industry, the process of his education journey, and his ultimate focus on creating a comfortable and safe place for his patients. He walks us through a typical day of an Anesthesiologist, the most common surgeries he is involved in, and the different forms of administering anesthesia to patients. We thank you Dr. Regas for what you do every day. Enjoy this week's episode of Leader of the Pack; a podcast by Duluth Pack. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/duluth-pack/support

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This week's podcast episode is a replay episode from season 2 of the Dear NICU Mama podcast! As we further our conversation of growing our families after the NICU, we wanted to make sure to re-share this episode as it contains not only invaluable information about high-risk pregnancy after NICU, but also because Dr. Stefanie is a NICU mama herself. For those who find themselves pregnant after the NICU or are considering this journey for their family, we hope you feel seen and heard by this episode.—-For NICU mothers considering having more of their own children, it's not uncommon to wonder, "Will this all happen again?" "Is there anything I can do differently?" And while we do not have a crystal ball to predict the future, we can step away from our google searches and sit down with trusted medical professionals to ask the good and sometimes hard questions.For this week's episode, we had the opportunity to have a conversation with high-risk pregnancy expert, Dr. Stefanie Gefroh Ellison, regarding high-risk pregnancy and pregnancy after NICU. Being a NICU mama herself, she responded to each question with equal parts empathy and equal parts sound medical wisdom. Her responses are meant to be used as a starting point of conversation to have with your OB or trusted physician!In this episode we cover:What qualifies a pregnancy to be “high risk”?If I had a NICU stay in a previous pregnancy, will it happen again?What questions can I ask my medical provider to better prepare as we grow our family?What role do statistics play in determining the journey of a future pregnancy?We hope that this episode offers some sound wisdom and encouragement on all things regrading pregnancy after NICU. Your questions are valid!Dr. Stefanie Gefroh Ellison earned her medical degree at University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks, ND. Dr. Gefroh Ellison completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Oakwood Dearborn Medical Park in Dearborn, MI and is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.Dr. Gefroh Ellison has been a provider at Essentia Health since 2004. In addition to her OB/GYN practice, Dr. Gefroh Ellison is Division Chair for Inpatient, Specialty Services, and Women's and Children's Services at Essentia Health-West. A NICU mama of 3-year old twins, Dr. Gefroh Ellison has both professional and personal involvement in high risk pregnancy and NICU care. In her free time, Dr. Gefroh Ellison loves being with her husband and kids. Together, they love cooking, traveling and being at the lake in the summer.This podcast episode is not an attempt to practice medicine or provide medical advice. All information, content, and material on this website is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, diagnosis or treatment.To get connected with Essentia Health Gynecology:Website To get connected with DNM:Website | Private Facebook Group | Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready to climb the mountain and reach new heights for a transformative future? In the “race to value”, the mountain climber must not be intimidated by the steep terrain of a broken healthcare system. Instead we must look within ourselves, while also finding inspiration from others, to keep climbing! The ultimate summit of value transformation is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.  If you are looking for inspiration in your value journey, look no further than our guest this week, Debbie Welle-Powell. Debbie is a healthcare thought leader, educator, national speaker, and content expert in delivery systems, clinical models of care, population health, and digital care. She is also an avid mountain climber, having attempted three of the Seven Summits while also reaching the summit of all 58 of Colorado's 14,000 peaks. She has also climbed Mt. Rainer in in Washington and Grand Teton in Wyoming and, she has climbed peaks in Bolivia, Mexico, France, Argentina, and Mt. McKinley in Alaska.  In this podcast, you will learn how taking the path least travelled is when you learn the most about yourself and why value transformation is a most noble journey to undertake in healthcare. As the former Chief Population Health Officer at Essentia Health – an integrated delivery system with 14 hospitals, and 1,500 provider health system spanning the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin – Debbie Welle-Powell designed, built, and operationalized Essentia's $2.5 billion dollar transition from a primarily fee-for-service model of care to one that focused on value.  She oversaw risk-based contracting with payers and care delivery transformation, resulting in forty-five percent of the system's fee-for-service revenue tied to financial and clinical performance which produced record earnings on shared savings. Debbie's exceptional experience and background in multi-state, large integrated delivery systems, coupled with industry involvement and insights into emerging opportunities, trends, and challenges, have been valuable to health systems and purchasers seeking to grow, diversity, and promote expertise in the development and implementation of data-driven strategies and solutions in population health and value-based care. Episode Bookmarks: 01:30 Introduction to Debbie Welle-Powell, a nationally-recognized leader in value-based care transformation. 03:30 Support Race to  Value by subscribing to our weekly newsletter and leaving a review/rating on Apple Podcasts. 04:00 The grim statistics of American healthcare and the moral and economic imperative to reform it! 05:00 Recent article from Don Berwick about the excess profiteering and greed in healthcare: “Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care” 06:30 Debbie discusses the current state of the healthcare industry and how she spent her career moving healthcare delivery to full-risk and globally capitated payments. 07:30 A leadership commitment to test models of care that address the moral imperative for improved outcomes. 08:30 Reflections on Dr. Berwick's article and the need to expand the conversation by focusing on solutions. 11:00 The Innovation Center Strategy Refresh is a stake in the ground for 100% of Medicare beneficiaries to be in an accountable care relationship. 12:00 The need for innovation in specialty care and new risk models that improve health equity. 13:00 “Medicare is a laboratory for change.” (e.g. alignment of quality measures, multi-payer approaches to improvement, expansion of access in rural areas) 13:45 Two-thirds of those in Medicare Shared Savings contracts are now taking risk. 14:00 Balancing the need to move fast while not being too aggressive (“people are exhausted!”) 15:00 In the last year, hospitals have seen their operating costs increase upwards of 10%, and their bottom lines are now hemorrhaging to the tune of billions of dollars.

Today's guest is Aaron “AJ” Hegg, MD, physician advisor for utilization management and CDI and critical care physician at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minnesota. Today's show is part of the “Talking CDI” series. In every episode of this series, ACDIS Director of Programming Rebecca Hendren will be joined by a special guest, such as a member of the ACDIS Advisory Board or one of our expert Boot Camp instructors to discuss a topic pertinent to today's CDI professional. Today's show is co-hosted by Kim Conner, BSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist for ACDIS/HCPro, a Simplify Compliance brand, in Middleton, Massachusetts. Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive. Have questions about today's show or ideas for a future episode? Contact the ACDIS team at info@acdis.org.  CEU info: Each ACDIS Podcast episode now offers 0.5 ACDIS CEUs which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first two days from the time of publication. To receive your 0.5 CEUs, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. The cut-off for today's episode CEU is Friday, February 17, at 11:00 p.m. eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEUs for this week's episode. Today's sponsor: Today's show is brought to you by the 2023 ACDIS National Conference, which takes place May 8-11, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. At this year's event, you'll find sessions for all experience levels and backgrounds in each of the conference tracks for 2023. This year's tracks include: Clinical & Coding CDI Master Class Quality & Regulatory Management & Program Development Innovation & Expansion As well as unparalleled educational content, the ACDIS 2023 conference features inspirational keynotes to recharge your soul and opportunities to network with your peers that will revive your pride in your profession and send you back home with a new spring in your step. As always, ACDIS provides continental breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages during breaks, and an opening night reception, all included with registration. So, join us in 2023—it's the right environment, the right nutrients, and the right atmosphere to better understand all the ways you can turn your daily work into an opportunity to not just live, but Flourish!  Those who register by March 6, 2023, have access to our early bird discount price which gives you $100 off your registration, so make sure to act now! Learn more and register by clicking here. (http://ow.ly/JfqB50MCaBs) ACDIS update: Respond to the 2023 ACDIS Membership Survey by March 10! (http://ow.ly/xLos50MRiQK) Register for the February 23 Quarterly Membership Conference Call! (http://ow.ly/smZw50MCaLs) Register for our free webinar offering a sneak peek at the 2023 ACDIS national conference! (http://ow.ly/NMPu50MRiU8)

There's so much that goes into marathon training, but one of most individualized and important pieces is nutrition. What should you be putting into your body before, during, and after your training runs to help you feel and perform your best?We assembled a roundtable to talk about that very issue, led by Cristina Nistler, our Medical Liasion from Essentia Health, and three of our 2023 Grambassadors to talk from a professional and personal perspective on what proper nutrition looks like while training for and running in Grandma's Marathon.NOTE: Before making any major changes to your diet, please consult your physician to determine what's best for you and your body.

May 18, 2022 Healthcare is being redefined by innovations and a shift from volume to value. With Invest:Insights, President of the East Market for Essentia Health Jon Pryor discussed how Essentia Health's Vision Northland project is encapsulating innovations that have become healthcare mainstays in recent years as well as the reimagining of healthcare moving forward.

“I like unique. Tell me something I don't know.” That certainly describes this week's guest. Tracy Boldt is the Director of CDI and Utilization Management at Essentia Health in Minnesota. Since September 2016 Boldt's role has included providing leadership, direction and support in the development and management of CDI and UM at multiple Essentia Health sites. In this role Boldt collaborates closely with the utilization team, physician partners, and coding manager system wide. Recently she helped implement a successful outpatient clinical documentation improvement program with an emphasis on Accountable Care Organization (ACO) partnership, risk adjustment, and population health. Tracy's path into healthcare did not follow a straight line. Admittedly she was not the most dedicated student. She started as a hairdresser before she got (mostly) serious, and healthcare became a calling. We review Tracy's career stops in nursing, CDI, a detour into consulting (for a firm, and then launching her own personal company), and her current entry into Essentia. Tracy also has a rich personal life. I'll go ahead and plug Cedar Point Resort and Campground, not only because I'm hoping I can parlay some free advertising into a discounted cabin, but it's also an incredibly interesting chapter in her life that has broader applicability to effective project management and staff leadership. If you want to learn how to succeed in a challenging role, listen to people that struggled and overcame adversity. And then, having succeeded, have refused to settle, but continue to seek out new ways to create impact. That certainly describes Tracy. Oh, and we discuss KISS. Everyone's favorite face-painted 70s rockers. Talk about unique. Enjoy!

Join us for Dear NICU Mama's annual conference 'Courage Lives Here' on November 5th! This virtual conference is for both past and present NICU moms, birthing parents, and the providers that support them! Featuring Hilary Waller, MS, LPC, Director of Education and Programming/Psychotherapist at The Postpartum Stress Center, and Parijat Desphande, renowned high-risk pregnancy specialist, author, speaker, and NICU mama.A HUGE thank you to our sponsors Gate City Bank, Sanford Health, Essentia Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, and Angel Eye Care for making it possible to offer our ticket price at a reduced rate of $65!This special event will offer the opportunity to learn about trauma after the NICU, meet NICU mamas from around the world, and discover the courage inside of you in your journey of healing. For more information and to get your ticket today, head to www.dearnicumama.com/events!Hilary Waller, MS, LPC, is a psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She is the director of education and programming at The Postpartum Stress Center outside of Philadelphia, which was founded by renowned perinatal expert Karen Kleiman and has been recognized in Philly Magazine as a "Center of Excellence" for Maternal/Fetal Care. In addition to providing direct care services to individuals, couples and groups at the center, Hilary serves as an instructor with Karen Kleiman, providing a quarterly 12 CE hour postgraduate advanced training for clinicians across the US and abroad who want to specialize in treating the perinatal population. She conducts workshops and trainings for maternal mental healthcare providers as well as non-clinical staff working with the perinatal population. Hilary co-authored the second edition of Karen Kleiman and Amy Wenzel's Dropping The Baby and Other Scary thoughts. Her forthcoming clinical workbook on the treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, co-authored by Karen Kleiman, will be published by PESI Publishing.Parijat Deshpande is an author, speaker and the CEO of a global, boutique company dedicated to reducing pregnancy complications and ending preterm birth. On a mission to end the high-risk pregnancy crisis, she has served and supported hundreds of women through her programs, one-on-one work and bestselling book, Pregnancy Brain: A Mind-Body Approach to Stress Management During a High-Risk Pregnancy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, September 14th, 2022. Happy hump day everyone! We’re half way through the week, so let’s get to it. Fight Laugh Feast Magazine Our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine is a quarterly issue that packs a punch like a 21 year Balvenie, no ice. We don’t water down our scotch, why would we water down our theology? Order a yearly subscription for yourself and then send a couple yearly subscriptions to your friends who have been drinking luke-warm evangelical cool-aid. Every quarter we promise quality food for the soul, wine for the heart, and some Red Bull for turning over tables. Our magazine will include cultural commentary, a Psalm of the quarter, recipes for feasting, laughter sprinkled through out the glossy pages, and more. Sign up today, at fightlaughfeast.com. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-twitter-shareholders-vote-in-favor-of-approving-elon-musk-s-buyout-deal?utm_campaign=64487 Elon Musk's Twitter buyout deal APPROVED by shareholders On Tuesday, Twitter’s shareholders voted to approve Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout deal that was set in motion earlier this year. According to The Verge, sources yesterday had suggested that a vast majority of shareholders were set to approve of the bid, with the required majority being locked in before Tuesday’s meeting. The vote comes as Musk is locked in a legal battle with the social media platform over an attempt to terminate the deal, after Musk sought data that confirmed that the number of Twitter accounts that are automated bot accounts is less than 5 percent. Twitter sued Musk for his attempts to terminate the deal, arguing that Musk created their agreement. The trial is expected to begin in mid-October. This is a developing story, so check back with me tomorrow for more updates: Moving on… https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-inflation-comes-in-worse-than-expected-as-food-shelter-costs-surge_4726956.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport US Inflation Comes in Higher Than Expected as Food, Shelter Costs Surge The U.S. annual inflation rate came in at 8.3 percent in August, higher than the market forecast of 8.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is slightly down from the 8.5 percent reading in July. The core inflation rate, which strips the volatile food and energy sectors, also advanced to 6.3 percent last month. This was also higher than the market expectation of 6.1 percent and up from 5.9 percent in July. On a monthly basis, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.1 percent, while the core CPI surged 0.6 percent. Food and shelter costs contributed to the inflation numbers as they increased 11.4 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, year-over-year. The energy index eased to 23.8 percent, new vehicles surged 10.1 percent, used cars and trucks jumped 7.8 percent, and apparel edged up 5.1 percent. Transportation services soared 11.3 percent and medical care services swelled 5.6 percent. Within the food index, most items were up on both a year-over-year and month-over-month basis. Bread prices rose 16.2 percent from the same time a year ago, milk soared 17 percent, eggs spiked 39.8 percent, and fruits and vegetables surged 9.4 percent. BLS data further showed that meat was mostly up across the board, with uncooked ground beef up 7.8 percent, chicken jumping 16.6 percent, ham rising 9.2 percent, and pork surging 6.8 percent. On a positive note, airline fares, which were up by about 33 percent year-over-year, fell by 4.6 percent on a monthly basis in August. On the energy front, prices also eased considerably from July to August. Fuel oil slipped 5.9 percent and gasoline declined 10.6 percent. However, electricity prices added 1.5 percent. U.S. stocks reacted to the hot inflation report. The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 were down 2.7 percent and 3 percent, respectively, during midday trading on Sept. 13, while the NASDAQ was down 3.85 percent. Financial markets have cheered anytime there is the slightest hint of easing inflationary pressures because investors think this would prompt the Federal Reserve to slow down its pace of rate hikes or to cut interest rates. Central bank officials have repeatedly stated that they do not intend to turn dovish during this tightening cycle until there is clear evidence that inflation is on a downward trend. Fed Chair Jerome Powell spooked financial markets last month when he told the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium that households and businesses need to brace for “some pain.” Just what our economy needed! More pain… Speaking of which… https://www.theepochtimes.com/stocks-tumble-after-inflation-stays-hotter-than-expected_4727580.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Stocks Tumble After Inflation Stays Hotter Than Expected Stocks are tumbling and disappointment is shaking markets worldwide Tuesday, following Wall Street’s realization that inflation isn’t slowing as much as hoped. The S&P 500 sank 2.3 percent in early trading Tuesday, threatening to snap a four-day winning streak. Bond prices also fell sharply, sending their yields higher, after a report showed inflation decelerated to 8.3 percent in August, instead of the 8.1 percent economists expected. The disappointing data means traders are bracing for the Federal Reserve to ultimately raise rates even higher than expected to combat inflation, with all the risks for the economy that entails. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 603 points, or 1.9 percent, to 31,777, as of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 3.1 percent. Almost all of Wall Street came into the day thinking the Fed would hike its key short-term rate by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point at its meeting next week. But the hope was that inflation was in the midst of quickly falling back to more normal levels after peaking in June at 9.1 percent. The inflation report arrived before trading began on Wall Street, but it sent a thud through markets worldwide. https://www.theepochtimes.com/15000-union-nurses-in-minnesota-walk-out-on-strike-protesting-low-wages-and-understaffing_4725919.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport 15,000 Union Nurses in Minnesota Begin Strike, Citing Low Wages, Understaffing About 15,000 union nurses at 15 hospitals across seven different health systems in Minnesota have walked off the job, protesting understaffing and overwork in what’s believed to be the biggest strike of private-sector nurses in U.S. history. The Minnesota Nurses Association strike, slated to last three days, began at 7 a.m. on Sept. 12. The group’s membership voted last month to authorize a strike. Nurses in the Minneapolis and Duluth areas are complaining about low pay, a dearth of resources, and the inability to care for patients properly, such as running wards without lead nurses, and poor shift-scheduling practices. “I can’t give my patients the care they deserve,” said Chris Rubesch, the vice president of the Minnesota Nurses Association and a nurse at Essentia Health in Duluth, according to The Washington Post. “Call lights go unanswered. Patients should only be waiting for a few seconds or minutes if they’ve soiled themselves or their oxygen came unplugged or they need to go to the bathroom, but that can take 10 minutes or more. Those are things that can’t wait.” At a Sept. 1 news conference, Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said, “Our health care and our profession are in crisis.” Response From Hospitals While negotiations have been continuing since March, the union decided to proceed with the strike because of the hospitals’ offer of about 10 percent wage increases over three years. The union had asked initially for a 37 percent boost, before settling on 30 percent. A spokesperson for the Twin Cities Hospitals Group called the request “unreasonable, unrealistic, and unaffordable,” according to the Minnesota Reformer. Hospital administrations have hired replacement staff and traveling nurses to keep operations running and bring minimal disruption to patient care. “Nurses have steadfastly refused to go to mediation,” Paul Omodt, a spokesman for the Twin Cities Hospital Group, which represents four hospital systems, told The Washington Post. “Their choice is to strike. This strike is on the nurses.” Armored Republic The Mission of Armored Republic is to Honor Christ by equipping Free Men with Tools of Liberty necessary to preserve God-given rights. In the Armored Republic there is no King but Christ. We are Free Craftsmen. Body Armor is a Tool of Liberty. We create Tools of Liberty. Free men must remain ever vigilant against tyranny wherever it appears. God has given us the tools of liberty needed to defend the rights He bestowed to us. Armored Republic is honored to offer you those Tools. Visit them, at ar500armor.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/americans-like-work-from-home-so-much-theyll-take-a-pay-cut-to-keep-it-study_4725704.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Americans Like Work From Home So Much, They’ll Take a Pay Cut to Keep It: Study Workers in the United States are willing to take a pay cut so that they can continue working from home, states a study published in August. Work from home (WFH) was found to average 1.5 days a week worldwide, according to the study conducted by a team of international economists and other experts. The study, “Working From Home Around the World,” surveyed full-time workers from 27 nations as of mid-2021 and early 2022. Workers were found to value the option of working from home for two to three days per week so much that they were willing to take a pay cut of 5 percent on average. In the United States, workers were willing to take a 5.7 percent pay cut for remote work options. On average, workers across countries wanted 1.7 work-from-home days per week after the end of the pandemic. In the United States, the mean desired WFH days per week was at 2.1. However, the actual WFH days in the country was 1.6 while employers were only planning to offer 0.8 days for remote work. Overall, 5.26 percent of employees working from home for one or more days per week were willing to quit their job if their employer wanted them to return to onsite work for more than five days. In the United States, this number exceeded 40 percent. In the United States, the risk that city-level fortunes will diverge due to work-from-home models is “more acute” than in other rich nations, the report noted. “In part, because political decisions about the provision of local public goods are more decentralized in the United States, and local fiscal resources are more closely tied to local economic prosperity. These aspects of federalism give rise to more scope for a downward spiral in city-level fiscal resources and urban amenities.” Compared to other countries, the United States also has more location options sharing the same legal system, cultures, language, etc. As such, if a city’s governance were to fail, it is easier to move to another similar but better-performing city, the report stated. Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report showing that many remote working jobs which popped up during the COVID-19 pandemic have remained open and are expected to remain open in the future. https://nypost.com/2022/09/12/michael-irvin-chides-stephen-a-smiths-colin-kaepernick-cowboys-idea/ NFL legend Michael Irvin eviscerates idea of Colin Kaepernick joining Cowboys: 'Let's just stop' The Playmaker was not having it. After Dak Prescott went down for what might be 6-8 weeks with an injury to his throwing thumb, the “First Take” crew was bouncing around ideas on what Dallas should do in the interim. Tyler Huntley was broached, but no one ultimately thought that the Ravens would part with him with Lamar Jackson unsigned. Stephen A. Smith brought up Colin Kaepernick, and Michael Irvin shot the idea down. https://youtu.be/-l0Ao24SpVQ Play 2:35-4:37 Did you notice that Smith tried to back away from the bag of crap that he just lit on fire, and left it for all of us to smell? “Oh no I just had five or so people bring it up to me, so I thought I’d ask!” Yeah nice try buddy, we all know you’re just a puppet trying to keep this conversation going about Kaepernick. Even when Kap has ability, he wasn’t even that good. He was something new in the league when he helped lead the 49ers to the Superbowl against the Ravens all the way back in 2013… but since that season, his numbers fell off a cliff… people clinged to the notion that he was a great qb, all for the sake of pumping up his national anthem protest… Kaepernick hasn’t played in the NFL since 2016, when he kneeled during the national anthem to protest social injustice while a member of the 49ers. Smith has said in the past that former President Donald Trump inflaming this story was revenge on NFL owners for not allowing him to buy the Bills. This has been Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily NewsBrief… if you liked the show, hit that share button down below. If you wanted to sign up for a club membership, sign up for our conference with that club discount, then sign up for a magazine subscription… you could do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com. 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This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, September 14th, 2022. Happy hump day everyone! We’re half way through the week, so let’s get to it. Fight Laugh Feast Magazine Our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine is a quarterly issue that packs a punch like a 21 year Balvenie, no ice. We don’t water down our scotch, why would we water down our theology? Order a yearly subscription for yourself and then send a couple yearly subscriptions to your friends who have been drinking luke-warm evangelical cool-aid. Every quarter we promise quality food for the soul, wine for the heart, and some Red Bull for turning over tables. Our magazine will include cultural commentary, a Psalm of the quarter, recipes for feasting, laughter sprinkled through out the glossy pages, and more. Sign up today, at fightlaughfeast.com. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-twitter-shareholders-vote-in-favor-of-approving-elon-musk-s-buyout-deal?utm_campaign=64487 Elon Musk's Twitter buyout deal APPROVED by shareholders On Tuesday, Twitter’s shareholders voted to approve Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout deal that was set in motion earlier this year. According to The Verge, sources yesterday had suggested that a vast majority of shareholders were set to approve of the bid, with the required majority being locked in before Tuesday’s meeting. The vote comes as Musk is locked in a legal battle with the social media platform over an attempt to terminate the deal, after Musk sought data that confirmed that the number of Twitter accounts that are automated bot accounts is less than 5 percent. Twitter sued Musk for his attempts to terminate the deal, arguing that Musk created their agreement. The trial is expected to begin in mid-October. This is a developing story, so check back with me tomorrow for more updates: Moving on… https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-inflation-comes-in-worse-than-expected-as-food-shelter-costs-surge_4726956.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport US Inflation Comes in Higher Than Expected as Food, Shelter Costs Surge The U.S. annual inflation rate came in at 8.3 percent in August, higher than the market forecast of 8.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is slightly down from the 8.5 percent reading in July. The core inflation rate, which strips the volatile food and energy sectors, also advanced to 6.3 percent last month. This was also higher than the market expectation of 6.1 percent and up from 5.9 percent in July. On a monthly basis, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.1 percent, while the core CPI surged 0.6 percent. Food and shelter costs contributed to the inflation numbers as they increased 11.4 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, year-over-year. The energy index eased to 23.8 percent, new vehicles surged 10.1 percent, used cars and trucks jumped 7.8 percent, and apparel edged up 5.1 percent. Transportation services soared 11.3 percent and medical care services swelled 5.6 percent. Within the food index, most items were up on both a year-over-year and month-over-month basis. Bread prices rose 16.2 percent from the same time a year ago, milk soared 17 percent, eggs spiked 39.8 percent, and fruits and vegetables surged 9.4 percent. BLS data further showed that meat was mostly up across the board, with uncooked ground beef up 7.8 percent, chicken jumping 16.6 percent, ham rising 9.2 percent, and pork surging 6.8 percent. On a positive note, airline fares, which were up by about 33 percent year-over-year, fell by 4.6 percent on a monthly basis in August. On the energy front, prices also eased considerably from July to August. Fuel oil slipped 5.9 percent and gasoline declined 10.6 percent. However, electricity prices added 1.5 percent. U.S. stocks reacted to the hot inflation report. The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 were down 2.7 percent and 3 percent, respectively, during midday trading on Sept. 13, while the NASDAQ was down 3.85 percent. Financial markets have cheered anytime there is the slightest hint of easing inflationary pressures because investors think this would prompt the Federal Reserve to slow down its pace of rate hikes or to cut interest rates. Central bank officials have repeatedly stated that they do not intend to turn dovish during this tightening cycle until there is clear evidence that inflation is on a downward trend. Fed Chair Jerome Powell spooked financial markets last month when he told the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium that households and businesses need to brace for “some pain.” Just what our economy needed! More pain… Speaking of which… https://www.theepochtimes.com/stocks-tumble-after-inflation-stays-hotter-than-expected_4727580.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Stocks Tumble After Inflation Stays Hotter Than Expected Stocks are tumbling and disappointment is shaking markets worldwide Tuesday, following Wall Street’s realization that inflation isn’t slowing as much as hoped. The S&P 500 sank 2.3 percent in early trading Tuesday, threatening to snap a four-day winning streak. Bond prices also fell sharply, sending their yields higher, after a report showed inflation decelerated to 8.3 percent in August, instead of the 8.1 percent economists expected. The disappointing data means traders are bracing for the Federal Reserve to ultimately raise rates even higher than expected to combat inflation, with all the risks for the economy that entails. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 603 points, or 1.9 percent, to 31,777, as of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 3.1 percent. Almost all of Wall Street came into the day thinking the Fed would hike its key short-term rate by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point at its meeting next week. But the hope was that inflation was in the midst of quickly falling back to more normal levels after peaking in June at 9.1 percent. The inflation report arrived before trading began on Wall Street, but it sent a thud through markets worldwide. https://www.theepochtimes.com/15000-union-nurses-in-minnesota-walk-out-on-strike-protesting-low-wages-and-understaffing_4725919.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport 15,000 Union Nurses in Minnesota Begin Strike, Citing Low Wages, Understaffing About 15,000 union nurses at 15 hospitals across seven different health systems in Minnesota have walked off the job, protesting understaffing and overwork in what’s believed to be the biggest strike of private-sector nurses in U.S. history. The Minnesota Nurses Association strike, slated to last three days, began at 7 a.m. on Sept. 12. The group’s membership voted last month to authorize a strike. Nurses in the Minneapolis and Duluth areas are complaining about low pay, a dearth of resources, and the inability to care for patients properly, such as running wards without lead nurses, and poor shift-scheduling practices. “I can’t give my patients the care they deserve,” said Chris Rubesch, the vice president of the Minnesota Nurses Association and a nurse at Essentia Health in Duluth, according to The Washington Post. “Call lights go unanswered. Patients should only be waiting for a few seconds or minutes if they’ve soiled themselves or their oxygen came unplugged or they need to go to the bathroom, but that can take 10 minutes or more. Those are things that can’t wait.” At a Sept. 1 news conference, Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said, “Our health care and our profession are in crisis.” Response From Hospitals While negotiations have been continuing since March, the union decided to proceed with the strike because of the hospitals’ offer of about 10 percent wage increases over three years. The union had asked initially for a 37 percent boost, before settling on 30 percent. A spokesperson for the Twin Cities Hospitals Group called the request “unreasonable, unrealistic, and unaffordable,” according to the Minnesota Reformer. Hospital administrations have hired replacement staff and traveling nurses to keep operations running and bring minimal disruption to patient care. “Nurses have steadfastly refused to go to mediation,” Paul Omodt, a spokesman for the Twin Cities Hospital Group, which represents four hospital systems, told The Washington Post. “Their choice is to strike. This strike is on the nurses.” Armored Republic The Mission of Armored Republic is to Honor Christ by equipping Free Men with Tools of Liberty necessary to preserve God-given rights. In the Armored Republic there is no King but Christ. We are Free Craftsmen. Body Armor is a Tool of Liberty. We create Tools of Liberty. Free men must remain ever vigilant against tyranny wherever it appears. God has given us the tools of liberty needed to defend the rights He bestowed to us. Armored Republic is honored to offer you those Tools. Visit them, at ar500armor.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/americans-like-work-from-home-so-much-theyll-take-a-pay-cut-to-keep-it-study_4725704.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport Americans Like Work From Home So Much, They’ll Take a Pay Cut to Keep It: Study Workers in the United States are willing to take a pay cut so that they can continue working from home, states a study published in August. Work from home (WFH) was found to average 1.5 days a week worldwide, according to the study conducted by a team of international economists and other experts. The study, “Working From Home Around the World,” surveyed full-time workers from 27 nations as of mid-2021 and early 2022. Workers were found to value the option of working from home for two to three days per week so much that they were willing to take a pay cut of 5 percent on average. In the United States, workers were willing to take a 5.7 percent pay cut for remote work options. On average, workers across countries wanted 1.7 work-from-home days per week after the end of the pandemic. In the United States, the mean desired WFH days per week was at 2.1. However, the actual WFH days in the country was 1.6 while employers were only planning to offer 0.8 days for remote work. Overall, 5.26 percent of employees working from home for one or more days per week were willing to quit their job if their employer wanted them to return to onsite work for more than five days. In the United States, this number exceeded 40 percent. In the United States, the risk that city-level fortunes will diverge due to work-from-home models is “more acute” than in other rich nations, the report noted. “In part, because political decisions about the provision of local public goods are more decentralized in the United States, and local fiscal resources are more closely tied to local economic prosperity. These aspects of federalism give rise to more scope for a downward spiral in city-level fiscal resources and urban amenities.” Compared to other countries, the United States also has more location options sharing the same legal system, cultures, language, etc. As such, if a city’s governance were to fail, it is easier to move to another similar but better-performing city, the report stated. Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report showing that many remote working jobs which popped up during the COVID-19 pandemic have remained open and are expected to remain open in the future. https://nypost.com/2022/09/12/michael-irvin-chides-stephen-a-smiths-colin-kaepernick-cowboys-idea/ NFL legend Michael Irvin eviscerates idea of Colin Kaepernick joining Cowboys: 'Let's just stop' The Playmaker was not having it. After Dak Prescott went down for what might be 6-8 weeks with an injury to his throwing thumb, the “First Take” crew was bouncing around ideas on what Dallas should do in the interim. Tyler Huntley was broached, but no one ultimately thought that the Ravens would part with him with Lamar Jackson unsigned. Stephen A. Smith brought up Colin Kaepernick, and Michael Irvin shot the idea down. https://youtu.be/-l0Ao24SpVQ Play 2:35-4:37 Did you notice that Smith tried to back away from the bag of crap that he just lit on fire, and left it for all of us to smell? “Oh no I just had five or so people bring it up to me, so I thought I’d ask!” Yeah nice try buddy, we all know you’re just a puppet trying to keep this conversation going about Kaepernick. Even when Kap has ability, he wasn’t even that good. He was something new in the league when he helped lead the 49ers to the Superbowl against the Ravens all the way back in 2013… but since that season, his numbers fell off a cliff… people clinged to the notion that he was a great qb, all for the sake of pumping up his national anthem protest… Kaepernick hasn’t played in the NFL since 2016, when he kneeled during the national anthem to protest social injustice while a member of the 49ers. Smith has said in the past that former President Donald Trump inflaming this story was revenge on NFL owners for not allowing him to buy the Bills. This has been Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily NewsBrief… if you liked the show, hit that share button down below. If you wanted to sign up for a club membership, sign up for our conference with that club discount, then sign up for a magazine subscription… you could do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com. 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