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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
- Mar 28, 2013 | CMS unveils chronic conditions dashboard
- Mar 19, 2013 | AHA responds to AHIP report on hospital prices
- Mar 13, 2013 | Health care price growth lowest since December 1997
- Mar 05, 2013 | Study: Hospice reduces Medicare costs, hospital use
- Feb 14, 2013 | AHA responds to Emanuel commentary in New York Times
- Jan 30, 2013 | Foundation releases report on Medicare policy options
- Jan 25, 2013 | Study estimates cost if MO Medicaid not expanded
- Nov 26, 2012 | Study estimates cost, coverage impact of ACA Medicaid expansion
- Nov 14, 2012 | Survey: Employers report slowest growth in health benefit costs in 15 years
- Oct 11, 2012 | AHA requests changes to CMS worksheet for reporting uncompensated care
Recent Efforts
- May 08, 2012 | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Hearing on Taxable Medical Devices
- Feb 16, 2012 | AHA Comments to CMS Re: Medicaid; Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments-Uninsured Definition
- 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
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