The AHA's Health Care Reform: Moving Forward  is meant as a resource for hospital leaders seeking to understand and plan for the changes prescribed by health care reform. 

This resource is divided into five sections:  Understanding Reform, Communicating Reform, AHA Tools & Resources, What Others are Saying, and Opportunities to Get Involved.  Click on each section header for a deeper dive.

• Understanding Reform includes an AHA overview of the major aspects of reform, as well as a timeline of key implementation dates and a summary highlighting the impact of insurance provisions on hospitals in their role as employers.  It also includes regularly updated links to reports on various aspects of reform, from accountable care organizations to health insurance exchanges, from many different sources.
  
  
• Communicating Reform   was designed to provide you with tools you can use to explain the reform law and its impact when speaking with groups in your community, including your staff. 
  
  
• AHA Tools and Resources  is updated regularly as the AHA develops new synthesis reports and advisories on various aspects of reform, as well as other tools you may find helpful as you grapple with upcoming changes.
  
  
• What Others are Saying offers quick links to various other health care and governmental organizations.
  
  
• Opportunities to Get Involved includes a summary of grant opportunities of interest to hospitals and will be regularly updated as additional opportunities are made public.