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Value-based Payment to Support Health Equity
To help hospitals on their journey to value, the American Hospital Association’s The Value Initiative has been virtually convening leaders from diverse hospital types and locations to discuss opportunities and challenges in implementing valuebased payment models.
Hospitals Will Always Offer Healing and Hope as We Stand Up Against Violence
As caregivers and healers, hospitals and health systems are the antithesis of violence. They are in the business of treating patients, healing communities and saving lives.
Federal Court Dismisses Central Claims in Hospital Retirement Plan Case
The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut yesterday largely dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Yale New Haven Hospital violated its fiduciary duties by selecting a retirement plan with excessive fees or poorly performing investments.
Coalition, including the AHA, seeks to help Americans make science-based health decisions
Fifty national organizations, including the AHA, today launched the Coalition for Trust in Health & Science to combat misinformation and help Americans make science-based health decisions for themselves, their families and communities.
Administration releases national strategy to strengthen cybersecurity
The Biden Administration today released a National Cybersecurity Strategy that seeks to strengthen collaboration with stakeholders to defend critical infrastructure; disrupt and dismantle threat actors; shape market forces to drive security and resilience; invest in a resilient future; and forge international partnerships to pursue shared goals.
Health systems to implement research-based strategies to improve care delivery
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has selected 42 health systems to participate in a $50 million multiyear initiative to implement evidence-based strategies in health care delivery.
AHA Comments on CMS' Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation Proposed Rule
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed regulation related to Medicaid program financing and supplemental payments.
AHA Outlines Initial Policy Priorities for Biden Administration
AHA letter that outlines initial policy priorities for Biden Administration first 100 days.
AHA Letter to Biden-Harris Transition Team on Price Transparency Rule
AHA letter requesting the Biden Administration exercise enforcement discretion with respect to compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital price transparency final rule requiring hospitals to make public, effective Jan. 1, 2021, all of the rates they negotiate with commercial health insurers.
Pressure Points
High inflation and labor shortages, as well as sicker patients who require complex care, and low reimbursement rates combined with continued fallout from a global pandemic have created an unsustainable financial situation for hospitals and health systems around the country. Many face a devastating pressure point, forced to eliminate services, such as labor and delivery, reduce staff on top of existing unfilled positions, and more.