Fact Sheets
The American Hospital Association (AHA) fact sheets on important issues facing hospitals and health systems. Fact Sheets define the terms of issues facing hospitals and health systems and provide in-depth explanations of the AHA's position on these issues.
Each year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) collects aggregate information on the payments and costs associated with care delivered to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid by U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which is…
The Issue
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to penalize hospitals for “excess” readmissions when compared to “expected” levels of readmissions. Since the start of the program on Oct. 1, 2012, hospitals have experienced nearly $1.9 billion…
The following is an explanation of hospital charges, payment and costs.
This fact sheet summarizes the finding from the 2012 Most Wired survey results.
The Most Wired survey helps hospitals and health systems measure their progress in the implementation and use of information technology, and benchmark themselves against other organizations. The survey measures…
AHA Briefing on Deficit Reduction Strategy for Inpatient Rehab
In recent years, post-acute providers have faced scrutiny from Congress and other policy-makers that has resulted in substantial payment cuts.
Historically, the Medicare program has reimbursed hospitals for a portion of the bad debt incurred by its beneficiaries.
HHS Federally Qualified Health Center Fact Sheet - April 2009
U.S. hospitals provided 9.1 billion in uncompensated care in 2009, according to the latest data from the AHA's Annual Survey of Hospitals.