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Slide show. ")Development of Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Plan: Findings from Environmental Scan,") presented by Cheryl L. Damberg, Ph.D., Melony E.S. Sorbero, Ph.D., Stephanie Teleki, Ph.D., and Ateev Mehrotra, M.D.
Slide show. ")Cover Tennessee: Impact on Hospitals of Uninsured")
AHA State Issues Forum Meeting: ")The Changing Landscape of Provider Payments")agenda
Virginias hospitals have a long history of providing financial assistance to patients who need it. Their mission is to provide care for patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.In 2004 Virginia hospitals provided nearly 00 million in…
Communities across Pennsylvania count on health care being there when they or their family members need help. Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems are committed to providing coordinated, high-quality, cost-effective, and compassionate health care to patients in communities across the…
Gwen Dayton from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems asked her SAGRO colleagues for the various definitions states use for describe ambulatory Surgery Centers and the services they provide. Below are the responses she received.
Issue: Governor Rendell is expected to make several public announcements as early as next week regarding his plan to reform health care in Pennsylvania. HAP welcomes public discussion regarding health care reform. To assist member hospitals and health systems in discussing health care reform with…
This fall the VHHA Board of Directors adopted a comprehensive package of initiatives that will make it easier to get information about: 1\) health care prices and hospital quality; 2\) financial assistance policies that affect the low-income uninsured and underinsured; and 3\) the extent of…
The AHA State Issues Forum conducted a survey in the fall of 2006 to assess the landscape in the states regarding current laws and expectations for legislative activity in 2007 regarding limited-service providers, such as specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers,…
Governor Schwarzenegger, as well as Assembly Speaker Fabian Nu?ez and Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, have announced comprehensive plans to fix our broken health care system. Other legislators, both Democrats and Republicans, are also expected to introduce health care reform legislation.