Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
Adventist Health White Memorial is connecting pregnant women and mothers who live in poverty to the resources and care they need to best support their children; four Detroit hospitals and health systems created a task force to dramatically reduce the region’s infant mortality rate; and The Northern…
In this guest column, Kenneth Kaufman, chair of Kaufman Hall, discusses how hospitals need scale to keep pace in today’s environment, as well as continue to build on their deep community connections, expertise treating the full range of health conditions and history of serving our most vulnerable…
AHA today urged the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw a proposed rule that could limit legal immigrants’ future immigration status if they receive benefits from Medicaid, the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or select housing programs.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina have embraced underserved communities with robust telehealth programs; and two factions of Northern Light Health in Maine have made dramatic improvements in preventive and psychiatric care by using telehealth…
An estimated 28.5 million U.S. residents, or 8.8%, lacked health insurance when surveyed in the first six months of 2018, according to preliminary data released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
We must continue to think deeply about how we can continue—and improve—the ability to serve America’s underserved populations.
Hospitals that left the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program this year treated more medically complex and Medicaid patients and had lower joint-replacement volumes, according to a study published online this week in JAMA Internal Medicine.
CHW programs — which are in wider use overseas than domestically — hold enormous promise for delivering on hospitals’ commitment to advance health in their communities.
The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded cities, counties, states and community organizations $2.34 billion in fiscal year 2018 grants to support medical and support services, including medications, for people with HIV/AIDS.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently made several proposals that could reduce access to care in the community, particularly for vulnerable patients. We’ve urged CMS to withdraw these proposals for several reasons.