Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
AHA Statement to the Committee on Ways and Means for “Hearing on Lowering Costs and Expanding Access to Health Care through Consumer-Directed Health Plans.”
Held May 31, 2018
Join the AHA Section for Small or Rural Hospitals as we feature the 2017 AHA Rural Hospital Leadership award recipient Bryan Slaba and finalist Erik Thorsen and their efforts to ensure access to care and improve population health in their rural communities.
Ensuring Access to Care
Wagner Community Memorial Hospital – Avera
Ensuring Access and Improving Population Health through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Care
Your zip code dictates your health; your hospital wants to change that.
Another week, another drug industry-funded consultant attempting to divert attention away from the high and rising costs of prescription drugs by attacking the 340B drug pricing program.
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Please urge your representative to cosponsor the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act (H.R. 5678)
The Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678) would establish a new rural facility designation under the Medicare program, allowing facilities meeting certain requirements to provide 24/7…
Reps. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Ron Kind (D-WI) and Terri Sewell (D-AL) today introduced AHA-supported legislation that would create a new Medicare facility designation to help rural communities maintain access to essential emergency and outpatient services for patients.