The Value Initiative
Hospitals are driving value in their communities. Affordable health care is one of the biggest concerns facing families, employers and government, and America’s hospitals are tackling the challenge head on. Through AHA’s The Value Initiative, we are leading the health care field on the issues of affordability and value.
Rural hospitals are a crucial local access point for urgent medical services, primary care and prevention in their communities. Despite multi-faceted and complex challenges, rural hospitals continue to transform and adapt to meet the needs of their populations. This Issue Brief highlights four…
AHA Board Chairman Brian Gragnolati today kicked off the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference by welcoming more than 900 rural hospital and health system leaders and trustees.
Columbus Community Hospital – Columbus, NE
Interdisciplinary Teams Reduce Readmissions
Through building relationships among providers across the care continuum and implementing standardized processes, Columbus Community Hospital reduced all-cause 30-day readmissions by 42%, saving $819,797 in…
Spectrum Health – Grand Rapids, MI
Telehealth Program Reduces Costs and Decreases Patient Transfers
Spectrum Health’s telehealth program saves patients time and money, and results in avoided patient transfers, avoided ED and urgent care center visits, and savings to payers.
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In this inaugural Advancing Health podcast, you’ll hear AHA Chair Brian Gragnolati discuss affordability and value with Maryjane Wurth, AHA executive vice president, and Priya Bathija, vice president of The AHA Value Initiative.
The State of Value: 2018 Snapshot is a members-only resource that aggregates data from a variety of sources, including the AHA Annual Survey and our inaugural State of Value Survey.
This AHA resource highlights how best to use the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Mapping Medicare Disparities tool.
The AHA’s Members in Action series spotlights hospitals and health systems that are implementing new value-based strategies to improve health care affordability. This PDF is a synopsis of 2018; read the full case studies here.
AHA's Tom Haederle sits down with Priya Bathija, vice president of The AHA Value Initiative, to discuss the first year of the Initiative and plans for its future.
Interview and podcast: Five questions with Priya Bathija, AHA vice president of The Value Initiative
AHA Today recently caught up with Priya Bathija to discuss the first year of the initiative, what resources and learnings are planned for 2019 and how its work plays into the AHA’s advocacy agenda.