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July conference to highlight health care's importance to Billings' economy

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Nationally recognized speakers in the business of health care will be featured at the Big Sky Business Healthcare Summit on July 9 and 10 at the Crowne Plaza.

The conference also will feature an assessment on health cares impact on the Yellowstone County economy presented by the University of Montanas Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

The conference was announced by Big Sky Economic Development last week.

National and regional business leaders will be in Billings to provide education and discussion about how the business community and the health care industry can and should intersect to make our business partners more successful and our community more vibrant, according to a press release from BSED.

Health care is a vital industry to businesses, not only the Billings area, but to the entire state of Montana, said Steve Arveschoug, Big Sky Economic Development executive director.

Were excited to use this summit to put a spotlight on the economic importance and impact the industry has on our business community, the innovations available in our own backyard and the workplace wellness efforts made real by local companies.

Susan DeVore, CEO of Premier Inc., will be the first days keynote speaker. Premier is the nations largest health care supply business.

DeVore will be followed by the CEOs of Billings largest health care providers as well as Dr. Martin Makary of Johns Hopkins University.

The second day will focus on innovation and workplace wellness. Keynotes from Ergonomic Solutions and New Directions Behavioral Health will discuss the importance of a healthy workforce. The summit wraps up with Rob Reilly, of GE Healthcare, to talk about upcoming health care innovations.

As a summit highlight, the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana will unveil an assessment detailing the economic impact of the Yellowstone County health care sector at the conference.

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Top veterans official resigns amid health care scandal

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WASHINGTON The top official for veterans health care resigned Friday amid a firestorm over delays in care and falsified records at veteran hospitals.

Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki says he has accepted the resignation of Robert Petzel, the departments undersecretary for health care. Shinseki had asked for the resignation, a department official later said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for attribution.

The announcement came a day after both men were grilled at a four-hour hearing of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, where lawmakers and veteran groups expressed exasperation of long-standing problems at the department.

Meanwhile, House Republicans scheduled a vote for Wednesday on legislation that would give Shinseki more authority to fire or demote senior executives and administrators at the agency and its 152 medical centers.

When senior leaders in the VA fail the men and women who have put their lives on the line for our country, they deserve a pink slip not a bonus, House Speaker John Boehner said Friday. While some Republicans in Congress have called for Shinseki to resign, Boehner is not among them.

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, wrote the bill before a former VA clinic director told his committee last month that up to 40 veterans may have died while awaiting treatment at the Phoenix VA center. The whistleblower also said the hospital kept a secret list of patients waiting for appointments to hide delays in care.

VAs widespread and systemic lack of accountability is exacerbating all of its most pressing problems, including the departments stubborn disability benefits backlog and a mounting toll of at least 31 recent preventable veteran deaths at VA medical centers across the country, Miller said.

Reports of long waits for appointments and processing benefit applications have plagued VA for years. The agency has shortened backlogs but the Phoenix problems have triggered an election-year firestorm. President Barack Obama on Wednesday tasked his deputy White House chief of staff, Rob Nabors, to review VA health care policies and procedures in light of new reports about Phoenix and other VA facilities.

As we know from the veteran community, most veterans are satisfied with the quality of their VA health care, but we must do more to improve timely access to that care, Shinseski said in a statement Friday. He thanked Petzel for four decades of service to veterans.

Petzel was scheduled to retire this year, and Shinseki last fall had convened a commission to recommend candidates for presidential appointment to be the new undersecretary. VA is required by law to convene a commission to seek and review candidates for the position. It was unclear what Petzels exact retirement date was to be.

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COMMUNITY COMMENT: HIP 2.0 best suited to provide for Hoosier's health care needs

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As physicians, we have a core principle belief that every citizen should have the opportunity to access quality, affordable health care. Unfortunately, too many of our citizens go without basic, necessary care for a variety of reasons, a problem that is particularly acute for low-income Hoosiers.

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