Cost Management
After two years on the front lines in the battle against this pandemic, hospitals and health systems have seen a dramatic rise in costs of labor, drugs, supplies and equipment
The RAND Corporation’s latest hospital price report is, unfortunately, more of the same.
America’s hospitals and health systems — and their physicians, nurses, caregivers and teams — have been on the front lines since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic working tirelessly to care for patients, save lives and protect their communities.
Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to deliver high-quality health care services to all patients in their communities.
After two years on the frontlines in the battle against this pandemic, hospitals and health systems have seen a dramatic rise in costs of labor, drugs, supplies and equipment.
Yesterday, our country surpassed a grim and somber milestone: 1 million COVID-19 deaths in the U.S..
On Thursday, May 5, we expect the RAND Corporation to release the fourth version of its National Hospital Price Transparency Study, an employer-led initiative intended to measure and report publicly the prices paid for care at the hospital and service-line level. The AHA is taking a number of steps…
WASHINGTON (April 25, 2022) — The American Hospital Association today released a
The American Hospital Association today released a new report that examines the tremendous growth in a variety of input costs for hospitals and health systems, including expenses for workforce, drugs, supplies and equipment, as well as the impact of skyrocketing economy-wide inflation.
In this podcast that highlights a new report from the AHA detailing these factors, Philip Pandolph, president and CEO, Meadville (PA) Medical Center and Chair of the AHA Rural Health Services Committee, explains how rising costs for supplies and equipment, drugs, and labor, along with inflation and…