Making Healthcare More Affordable
This session kicks off The Value Initiative's Virtual Workshop series. Learn the role hospitals and health systems can play in improving affordability and promoting value. Also view the work of AHA鈥檚 effort, The Value Initiative.
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A recent New York Times article on hospital consolidation 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 paint a full picture of the root cause of higher health care costs to consumers,鈥 AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack states in a letter to the editor.
Voters in Palo Alto and Livermore, Calif., Tuesday rejected union-backed municipal ballot measures that would have imposed an 鈥渁cceptable payment amount鈥 on the compensation hospitals and other medical providers can receive from insurers and certain other payers for the care provided to patients.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Treasury Department October 22, issued updated guidance for states seeking a Section 1332 waiver of certain Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements.
Millennials are nearly twice as likely as other adults to not have a primary care doctor. Recently released data from a national poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 45 percent of respondents 18-29 years old don鈥檛 have a primary care physician. This tracks closely with a 2017鈥
Affordability is a top priority for the AHA, writes Chair-elect Brian Gragnolati. And we will continue our forward-thinking and leaning-in approach as we engage in a broader conversation on this issue throughout the association and health care field. See insights from AHA鈥檚 Sept. 20 forum; the next鈥
The AHA today hosted a forum in Los Angeles in which hospital and health system leaders from across the country shared strategies their organizations are undertaking to make health care more affordable.
The AHA today expressed support for and urged all senators to support an amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill that would help address the out-of-control cost of prescription drugs.
The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, of which the AHA is a founding member, today joined more than a dozen other health organizations in urging the Food and Drug Administration to finalize guidance critical to increasing competition in the biologics marketplace and expanding access to more鈥
Large employers project the total cost of providing medical and pharmacy benefits will rise 5% in 2019 to $14,800, according to the latest annual survey by the National Business Group on Health.