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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
The open enrollment period for the 2016 Health Insurance Marketplace ends Jan. 31. America鈥檚 hospitals are playing a large part in the nationwide efforts to make the enrollment process easy, accessible and widely available. The results are impressive. The number of Americans without health鈥
Our fragmented health care system is rapidly transforming into a more integrated delivery system where providers need to work together more closely to provide the best and most appropriate care. An important part of the equation is post-acute care providers. Emerging innovations in post-鈥
Today the AHA hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill to educate Congressional staffers on how post acute hospitals are playing an essential role in new delivery models. The four panelists were: William AltmanExecutive Vice President for Strategy, Policy and Integrated CareKindred鈥
Today, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) released the first in a planned series of reports that will identify 鈥渟ocial risk factors鈥 affecting the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries, and methods to account for these factors in Medicare payment programs like the Hospital Readmission鈥
A report released last month used commercial claims data from United Healthcare (United), Aetna and Humana to reach a number conclusions about hospital prices and concentration. The paper is badly flawed and the assertions made about hospital market structure and prices, in particular, should be鈥
President Obama Tuesday pointed to the importance of addressing mental illness as part of a nationwide effort to stem gun violence. The president requested from Congress additional resources to increase access to mental health care. Hospital leaders know all too well that mental illness is too鈥
Better prevention, new medications, advanced technologies, and the sophisticated care that modern hospitals provide to patients are just some of the ways that hospitals are improving the care they deliver to their communities, which have led to shorter hospital stays. A recent column suggests鈥
During the holiday season, the lives of millions of Americans will be filled with the spirit of giving, the importance of family and friends, and a sense of healing, renewal and new opportunity. That spirit lives year-round in hospitals in every kind of community in every corner of the country. In鈥
A new study out today conflicts head on with an April 2015 study by a leading health care expert and antitrust economist that found 鈥渃oncentration or structure alone is not a meaningful or reliable predictor of price changes.鈥 Both studies relied on commercial data, but the latter had authors who鈥
A Senate committee this week put the spotlight on the wave of increases in the cost of medications. While those truly innovative medicines that save lives and ease suffering are certainly valued by all, the committee鈥檚 hearing focused on some of the more troubling of the pharmaceutical industry鈥檚鈥