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This edition covers an advocacy update, resources for Mental Health Awareness month, and more.
For more, read the full May 2018 Behavioral Health Update.
This issue of the Small or Rural Update reviews the AHA rural advocacy agenda, federal rule making, national policy priorities and tools and resources for rural hospitals.
Catholic Health Initiatives
Dignity Health: Human Trafficking Response Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
An Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: April 2018
According to information derived from an FBI investigation, a group of malicious cyber actors working for the Iran-based Mabna Institute (Mabna) have been conducting coordinated and broadly targeted password spray attacks against organizations in the United States and abroad. Victims of Mabna often…
The American Hospital Association, in partnership with our nation’s hospitals and health care systems, is committed to Advancing Health In America through:
This issue of the Small or Rural Update reviews the state of play on several legislative and regulatory issues of particular importance to small and rural hospitals such as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Also, please make plans to attend AHA's Rural Leadership Conference, Feb. 4-7.
New Council Leaders…Mary Lou Mastro, system CEO for Edward-Elmhurst Health in Naperville, Ill., is 2018 council chair of the AHA’s Constituency Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services. Behavioral Health Top AHA Advocacy Item and more.
A Monthly Report for Members of the American Hospital Association and the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems.
1. Congress Re-Authorizes CHIP for Six Years
2. President Trump Signs Orders to Expand Mental Health Treatment for Veterans
3. President Trump Extends Opioid Emergency…
AHA will lead activities to foster innovation. These will include "boot camps," where teams of hospital leaders solve challenges through innovative collaboration and training, with expert coaching help.