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AHA Statement Before the House Committee on Ways and Means Re: Modernizing the Stark Law
AHA statement before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health regarding "Modernizing Stark Law to Ensure the Successful Transition from Volume to Value in the Medicare Program."
AHA to Senate in Support of Robert Wilkie Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nomination
AHA letter to the Senate expressing support for Robert Wilkie Department.of Veteran Affairs Nomination.
Advisory: Home Health PPS: Proposed Update for CY 2019 and Proposed Redesign For CY 2020
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its calendar year (CY) 2019 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
Member Call: Home Health PPS Proposed Rule
Held July 25, 2018
Join your colleagues as AHA policy staff review several topics of significant impact to the home health providers and seek your feedback on the potential impact of each
Trendwatch Issue Brief 3: Improving Patient Safety and Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology
Hospitals and health systems increasingly use EHRs and other health IT tools to support patient safety and improve care delivery. These tools have varying capabilities, but core functions include capturing clinical information – such as physician and nursing notes, test results, prescriptions, and problem lists – and ongoing monitoring and analysis of patient status indicators and outcomes. While the promise of health IT for quality and safety improvement has begun to materialize, there is still more to achieve. This brief is the third in a series highlighting survey results from the 2016 AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement for community hospitals collected November 2016 – April 2017. This brief focuses on the use of health IT by hospitals and health systems to improve patient safety and health care quality.
Trendwatch Issue Brief 4: Advanced Use of Health Information Technology to Support New Models of Care
This brief is the fourth in a series of issue briefs highlighting data from the 2016 AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement for community hospitals collected November 2016 – April 2017. This fourth brief compares the use of health IT by hospitals and health systems that are participating in new models of care with those that are not. Hospitals and health systems are considered to be participating in new models of care if they reported having at least one of the following: an accountable care organization, a medical home program, or participation in a bundled payment program. In the 2016/2017 survey, 41 percent of responding hospitals reported that they participated in new models of care, up from 19 percent of respondents in 2012.
AHA Advertorial: Doing Our Part to Control Costs and Improve Value for Patients
The affordability of health care services is one of the biggest concerns facing families, as well as employers and government. However, it is a challenge that hospitals and health systems are tackling head on. Hospitals are making care more affordable in four key ways.
AHA Statement Providing Input on the Implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System
Statement of the American Hospital Association before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives providing input on the implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, which is part of the Quality Payment Program mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
AHA Comments on CMS' Agency Information Collection Notice on the Home Health “Review Choice” Demonstration
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' agency information collection notice on the home health “Review Choice” demonstration.
The American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize® Honorees Booklet
The American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize is presented annually to honor health care leadership and innovation in achieving quality health care and advancing health in communities.