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Statement on CMS' New Bundled Payments for Cardiac Care and Hip Fractures Final Rule
Tom Nickels
American Hospital Association
Executive Vice President
Government Relations and Public Policy
The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems that are providing exceptional care to impact lives and transform communities all across the country.
AHA, other health organizations submitted the following comments and recommendations for developing a new Medicare ACO model, Track 1 Plus (1+).
Press Release
Rodney Nelson Receives AHA’s Rural Hospital Leadership Award
Rodney Nelson, president and CEO of Mackinac Straits Health System, Inc. in St. Ignace, Mich., is the recipient of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Rural Hospital Leadership Award. The award recognizes small or…
Presentation slides - RACTrac results
Morrison Countys Success in Combating Prescription Drug Abuse CHI St. Gabriels Health, Little Falls, MN
All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That's the commitment and goal at Navicent Health, an 800-bed, not-for-profit health system in Macon, Ga. In 2015, the health system initiated several new quality and safety programs to address disparities, including…
AHA commissioned a study to investigate hospital experiences with implementation of meaningful use stage 1 electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). The study describes the experience with and impact of eCQM implementation in four hospitals.
2016 HAVE Award Winners
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