Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
From the onset of this debate, Americas hospitals and health systems have been guided by a set of key principles that would protect coverage for Americans.
The AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities examined ways in which the access to and delivery of care could be improved.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) will present its 2017 Award of Honor to Joel T. Allison, retired president and CEO, Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas for making outstanding contributions to improve the health status of individuals, communities and the nation.
The AHA today released a one-page guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders implement a multi-step strategy to promote care coordination between Indian Health Service facilities and other health care providers.
鈥淐ongress should preserve the 340B Drug Pricing Program and protect patients and communities,鈥 writes AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels in an AHA Stat blog post. He notes, 鈥淓very day, we see stories about the exorbitant costs of prescription drugs and the serious challenges they pose for鈥
Emerging Strategies to Ensure Access to Health
The Health Insurance Marketplaces continue to face challenges related to plan pricing and participation, putting consumer access to coverage at risk. We believe many of today鈥檚 proposals have the potential to make participation in the marketplaces more appealing to insurers and consumers, such as鈥
The AHA has released a replay of its Feb. 6 webcast on innovative strategies to preserve access to essential health services in vulnerable rural and urban communities, recorded at the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix. During the webcast, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and鈥
What are vulnerable communities? They鈥檙e communities in rural and inner-city America that lack access to primary care or are hobbled by a poor economy, high rates of uninsured and low health literacy, among other things.
For the millions of Americans who live in them, the local hospital is an鈥
The AHA today released a discussion guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders implement innovative ways to preserve access to essential health care services in vulnerable rural and urban communities. The AHA鈥檚 Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities recently鈥