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Addressing social needs and social determinants of health — what comes next?
Hospitals and health systems can use data and metrics to guide their strategies on social needs and social determinants, writes Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative.
Billings Clinic names CEO
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Sentara Healthcare names hospital president; and St. Joseph’s Health names chief operating officer.
Top Takeaways: The Future of Workforce
AHA Workforce and AHA’s American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA) convened HR leaders from across the country to discuss top workforce challenges, shifts in needs and how the field is adapting recruitment and retention practices to anticipate changes in health care delivery. Below are takeaways from the discussion.
United States Government’s Response to AHA, AAMC and Hospitals Motion to Enforce Court’s Judgment
As part of its yearly process to establish Medicare rates under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a new rule setting those rates for the 2020 calendar year. Because the new rule effectively reduces payment rates in the same manner as the 2019 rule that Plaintiffs challenged in this case, Plaintiffs ask the Court to enforce the Court’s prior judgment, which addressed the 2019 OPPS rule, but now with respect to 2020 rule. The Court should deny Plaintiffs’ request.
Study: Continuity of inpatient care associated with better outcomes
In a three-year study of Medicare data from hospitals in Texas, patients receiving care from hospitalists whose schedules permitted continuity of care had lower mortality, readmissions and costs 30 days after discharge and were more likely to be discharged directly home.
FDA takes steps to expedite innovation in ethylene oxide sterilization
The Food and Drug Administration today announced a voluntary pilot program to expedite approvals of certain changes to ethylene oxide sterilization processes and facilities.
Op-ed: Hospitals have done much to advance safety since 1999 IOM report
Over the past two decades, hospital and health system leaders have “heeded the call” of the 1999 Institute of Medicine report “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” AHA leaders write today in FierceHealthcare.
Obituary: Former Minnesota Hospital Association CEO Lawrence “Lorry” Massa
Lawrence “Lorry” J. Massa, who had a 40-year career in health care, including leading the Minnesota Hospital Association as president and CEO for nearly 11 years until his retirement in September, died Nov. 22. He was 65.
How hospital and health system leaders are finding value with true collaboration
In this AHA Stat Blog, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, shares how hospitals and health systems are partnering with a range of stakeholders to compare best-practices, learn more about patients and address the social determinants of health, as evidenced during a recent AHA Executive Forum event.
Making a financial case for health equity
Many hospitals and health systems are reducing costs and improving health outcomes by addressing disparities head on, write Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.