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Advocacy & Public Policy
Story does not accurately capture financial pressures facing hospitals
Earlier this week, Politico published cherry-picked metrics from the recently released Moody’s Preliminary Medians for not-for-profit and public hospitals.
Price Transparency
Response to the Law 360 article: HHS rule could disrupt how hospitals and insurers set rates
A recent article, HHS Rule Could Disrupt How Hospitals and Insurers Set Rates, discusses a proposal by the Trump administration that could require hospitals and providers to publicly disclose the payer-negotiated rates charged for hea
Mergers & Acquisitions
Story on health care wages based on study lacking necessary rigor
Regarding Modern Healthcare's "Health system consolidation may be holding down healthcare employee wages," we are concerned about the article presenting the findings of a study on consolidation as established fact given that it is identified as a working paper and has yet to go through a rigorous peer review process.
Hospital Field Realignment
AHA Clarifies the Benefits of Realignment as House Panel Convenes Hearing
The shift to a health care system that rewards value over volume is fundamentally transforming the patient care landscape. It has prompted hospitals and health systems to rethink and redesign how they deliver care to the communities they serve, identifying ways to maximize their resources and expand capabilities to ensure the patient experience is the best it can be.
Advocacy & Public Policy
More Evidence Shows that Study on Hospital and Physician Prices is Flawed
Earlier this month AHA released a blog post that pointed out numerous flaws in a recent Health Affairs study on hospital and physician prices between 2007 and 2014. We asked the respected economics consulting firm Charles River Associates to take an even closer at why the study’s findings are flawed.
Human Trafficking, Hospitals Against Violence
As part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, AHA shares resources to assist hospitals and health systems
Hospitals and health systems have a crucial role to play in identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking, and we urge you to join many of your colleagues in developing a plan to tackle this pervasive issue and deliver compassionate care to victims of human trafficking.
Hospital Field Realignment
AHA Responds to Recent Study on Hospital Realignment
AHA Senior Vice President Melinda Reid Hatton examines why a recent study on hospital consolidation from the Center for American Progress misses the mark.
Operational Excellence, Hospital Field Realignment, Access & Health Coverage, Care Coordination, Clinical Integration
A Deeper Dive on a Recent Study on Hospital Prices and Competition
We previously raised concerns about the most recent “The Price Ain’t Right” study by a group of academic economists that attempted to link hospital co
Marketplace Issues/Stability
“The Price Ain’t Right” Ain’t Right Again!
When Gaynor et al. originally released their “The Price Ain’t Right” report on the relationship between hospital prices and market structure in 2015, there were a number of questions and concerns about how they reached their conclusions.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Advancing Health in America, Hospital Field Realignment
Hospital Concentration Study Rehashes Flawed Argument
The same cohort of authors responsible for the Health Care Pricing Project’s flawed 2015 paper recently released an updated version.