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The CMS Dec. 20 finalized a new payment model that bundles payment to acute care hospitals for heart attack and cardiac bypass surgery services.
The AHA and its Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities today held a Capitol Hill briefing on its recently released strategies to preserve access to essential health services in vulnerable rural and urban communities. The report provides a menu of options to help hospitals…
The AHA November 29 released a report, “Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities,” that offers hospital leaders nine innovative ways to preserve access to essential health services in vulnerable rural and urban communities.
In a report released today, an AHA task force unveiled a set of nine strategies for maintaining access to health care services in vulnerable communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and…
This document contains metrics related to urban communities and the hospitals that serve them.
This document contains metrics related to rural communities and the hospitals that serve them.
Executive summary of the report of the AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities.
Full 2016 report from the AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities.