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	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
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		<title>Benefits of Consistent Assignment Featured in New Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPRO, Michigan's Quality Improvement Organization, has produced a video on the benefits of the consistent assignment staffing model that more nursing homes are using to schedule their staff.]]></description>
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		<title>Matching Registries Gaining Steam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan is a step closer to establishing a permanent statewide home care registry, and a law to create a registry in West Virginia was just passed.]]></description>
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		<title>SURVEY: PHI Provides First Snapshot of Workers in MI Consumer-Directed Care Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report by PHI Michigan provides the first demographic profile on direct-care workers employed by self-directed consumers through the MI Choice Medicaid Waiver Program.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Online Tax Resource Center Helps Employers Help Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-online-tax-resource-center-helps-employers-help-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-online-tax-resource-center-helps-employers-help-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the third consecutive year, PHI is hosting the Earn, Keep, Save MORE website to help direct-care workers access free tax preparation assistance services and get the tax credits that they are entitled to receive.]]></description>
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		<title>Video Explains Health Reform&#8217;s Impact on Michigan</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/video-explains-health-reforms-impact-on-michigan/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/video-explains-health-reforms-impact-on-michigan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit Public Television and Michigan Consumers for Healthcare have released a video on the Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Workshop Provided Tools to Improve Person-Directed Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI Midwest Director Hollis Turnham conducted a workshop about how to improve the odds for the successful use of person-directed services at the 36th Consumer Voice Annual Conference &#038; Meeting.]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Consumer Coalition Urges Improvements to State Exchange Legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan Consumers for Healthcare held a press conference on October 11 to announce its support for a Senate bill to establish a state health insurance exchange and to offer recommendations on how to improve the legislation.]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Endorses Michigan Training on Abuse Prevention</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/cms-endorses-phi-training-on-adult-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The adult learner-centered training program, which was designed for direct-care workers, was co-developed by PHI.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Launches Michigan-Focused Website Expansion</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-launches-michigan-focused-website-expansion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHI Michigan provides comprehensive coverage of Michigan's direct-care workforce and highlights PHI's efforts to promote quality care through quality jobs throughout the state.]]></description>
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		<title>Online Tax Resource Center Helps Employers Help Direct-Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/online-tax-resource-center-helps-employers-help-direct-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/online-tax-resource-center-helps-employers-help-direct-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct-care workers and their employers can still take advantage of PHI's online tax resource center designed to help workers get the tax credits they are entitled to receive and access free tax preparation assistance sites.]]></description>
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