Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities

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.
Today the AHA is releasing an innovative report from our Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities.
Press Release Statement on 21st Century Cures   Tom Nickels Executive Vice President Government Relations and Public Policy American Hospital Association
Press Release AHA Unveils New Strategies on Ensuring Access to Health Care in Vulnerable Communities  
Full 2016 report from the AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities.
As the nation celebrates National Rural Health Day, the AHA Stat blog looks at the AHA’s legislative priorities for rural hospitals during the “lame duck” Congress.
It was great to see Rich Umbdenstock, the AHA’s president emeritus, this week at the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care’s summit on the future of advanced illness care. Rich recently joined the board of C-TAC, a diverse alliance of patient, provider, private sector and faith-based groups…
Several health insurers, both large and small, have announced plans to dramatically scale back their offerings in the Health Insurance Marketplaces next year. This development is troubling because more than 11 million Americans rely on the Marketplaces for their health coverage, and access to care…