MNA Daily NewsScan, May 10, 2012: Natl Nurse Licensure Dead; Nurses Will March in Chicago; HC Execs Make $1M A Year

Notes on Nursing

National Nurse Licensure is DEAD (for now).  The House adjourned for the session in the wee hours of this morning, WITHOUT taking a final vote on the National Nurse Licensure Compact. That means it’s dead for this year. It will most likely come back next session, so stay tuned, but for now, be proud of all the calls, emails, letters and visits that nurses made to stop this dangerous bill!

Chicago Tries to Revoke Nurses’ Permit to March    What in the world?  The registered nurses of National Nurses United cannot wait to welcome one of the world’s leading defenders of common people to their uncommon May 18th march and rally in Chicago.

Health Care 

Accretive May Farm Out Debt-Collection Work   Although the company says its debt-collection business represents only about 5 percent of its total revenue, the practice has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks after Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson released a blistering report, accusing the company of unsavory tactics that may have violated consumer protection and debt-collection laws.

18 Hospital Execs in CT Earn More Than $1M Annually  The health care system may be ailing, but newly compiled data show that compensation for top executives at Connecticut hospitals remains healthy.