Guides and Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
Introduction
Hospitals provide benefits to their communities in a multitude of ways, a portion of which is captured by the IRS Form 990 Schedule H. They not only provide financial assistance and absorb underpayments from means-tested government programs such as Medicaid, but also incur losses due…
Issue Brief: Physician Quality Payment Program
The AHA is focusing on several areas, including health equity and eliminating care disparities, violence and workplace safety, health system and community collaborations to advance health, and social determinants of health. AHA is working to build on this agenda through innovative campaigns and…
This report identifies the practical barriers to achieving the goals of a value-based payment system created by current laws and recommends specific legislative changes.
This report outlines two distinct analyses of the questions relating to the benefits achieved through hospital combinations and the “merger-specificity”² of those benefits.
Suggestions on Framing the Benefits of Hospital Mergers
Monica Noether, Ph.D. and Sean May, Ph.D.
January 2017
Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities
AHA commissioned a study to investigate hospital experiences with implementation of meaningful use stage 1 electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs).
Executive Summary: Estimating the Impact of Repealing the Affordable Care Act on Hospitals
Executive summary of the report of the AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities.