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Keeping Health Care Affordable
Rising health costs top the concerns of Americans and dominate the news. Spending on health care consumes a large chunk of the nation’s resources and is expected to increase.
A recent government report predicts that spending on health care will reach 20 percent of the GDP by 2016. Policymakers are questioning why that is, does that provide better quality of care and what can be done to help reign in spending on health services.
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As the hub of health care in a community, hospitals play a critical role in keeping costs down. Hospitals are working to focus on wellness, better manage chronic disease, speed adoption of information technology, improve how care is delivered to each patient, increase transparency of hospital quality and better understand and reduce variation in care. Read More:
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AHA News
- Nov 17, 2011 | Report looks at past trends in employer-based insurance costs
- Nov 16, 2011 | Employers report slower growth in health benefit costs
- Sep 20, 2011 | Institute to report on trends in health care costs, use
- Sep 08, 2011 | Study: Hand hygiene, other practices improve mortality, reduce costs in pediatric ICU
- Jul 25, 2011 | AHRQ: Heart disease, cancer most costly adult medical conditions
- Jul 19, 2011 | Gawande: Hospitals need to increase quality, lower costs
- May 27, 2011 | Report: Many uninsured young adults delay care due to cost
- May 16, 2011 | CDC estimates crash-related deaths cost $41 billion a year
- May 13, 2011 | Study: Cost of establishing an ACO significant
- Apr 28, 2011 | 5) Annual medical costs for youth with diabetes top $9,000
Publications
- Jan 15, 2012 | A new leaf
- Jan 15, 2012 | Collaboration equals independence
- Jan 15, 2012 | Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Myths of Hospital Consolidation
- Jan 15, 2012 | A watchful eye
- Jan 15, 2012 | The right impression
- Jan 15, 2012 | Elements of care
- Jan 15, 2012 | Standard issues
- Jan 15, 2012 | Automated savings
- Jan 15, 2012 | Aligning hospital designs with outcomes
- Jan 15, 2012 | Planning for another successful year
Recent Efforts
- Dec 13, 2011 | New Ad Campaign Urges Congress to Protect Patients and Oppose Additional Cuts to Hospital Care
- Oct 31, 2011 | AHA Comments to CMS Re: ACA: Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans
- Oct 31, 2011 | AHA Comments Re: Medicaid Program Rules Implementing Eligibility and Subsidy Provisions of the ACA
- Sep 01, 2011 | AHA to CMS Re: CMS Administrative Simplification
- May 11, 2011 | AHA to Rep. Fred Upton Re: Support for the HEALTH Act (H.R. 5)
- Apr 19, 2011 | Legislators Back Home for Two-Week Spring Recess
- Apr 19, 2011 | Legislators Back Home for Two-Week Spring Recess
- Apr 13, 2011 | Hospital Associations Letter to Berwick Challenging Documentation and Coding Adjustment
- Mar 31, 2011 | AHA, NAPH to Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Re: Defunding Certain ACA Programs
- Feb 14, 2011 | Senate letter to DOJ and FTC supporting antitrust guidance for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
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