Happy Holidays From OHA!

OHA invites you to join an upcoming webinar from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to learn more about careLearning’s premier Learning Management System, or LMS. As an OHA Preferred Services Partner for more than a decade, careLearning offers members cost-effective eLearning solutions that support compliance, training, and professional development. The LMS allows hospitals to: Ensure and track regulatory compliance Access a wide variety of health care–related courses Create facility-specific training modules Manage instructor-led sessions and generate reports with ease This session will highlight how OHA members can leverage careLearning’s LMS, with exclusive discounts and fee waivers available. Register here.

Gov. Mike DeWine this week announced that he is nominating Tia Marcel Moretti as director of the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health, or DBH, and Lyndsay Nash as director of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, or DODD. Moretti has an extensive background working with community-based mental health and addiction services. She had been serving as interim director of DBH and previously spent time as DeWine’s deputy director of RecoveryOhio. Nash had been serving as interim director of DODD, and previously served as in-house counsel, director of compliance and assistant director of the department. These nominations require Ohio Senate confirmation. Read the entire release here.

OHA is seeking evidence-based presentations, case studies and practical tools that address current issues facing Ohio hospitals. Presented at the 111th OHA Annual Meeting in May 2026, proposals must be submitted by Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Submissions will be reviewed by committees of hospital leaders and subject matter experts, with a focus on relevance, clarity and real-world applicability. Prospective presenters are encouraged to submit proposals aligned with one of the event’s designated educational tracks. OHA is especially interested in receiving additional proposals within these tracks: Days 1 & 2 Rural Hospital Health Care Public & Media Relations/Government Relations Day 3: Energy,…

OHA today announced new officers and welcomed new members to our Board of Trustees for 2026. New OHA Board leadership for 2026 includes Steve Markovich, MD, president and CEO, OhioHealth, chair; Ben Gill, president and CEO, Southern Ohio Medical Center, chair-elect; Deborah Hayes, president & CEO, The Christ Hospital Health Network, secretary/treasurer; and Cliff Deveny, MD, president and CEO, Summa Health System, will serve as immediate past chair. New trustees-at-large beginning Jan. 1 are Christine Alexander-Rager, MD, president and CEO, The MetroHealth System; John Luellen, MD, state president, Ohio, Bon Secours Mercy Health; Rob Mullen, president and CEO, Aultman Health…