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Our Vision is of a society of healthy communities where
all individuals reach their highest potential for health
all individuals reach their highest potential for health
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.
A Framework for Heath Reform |
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.
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Highlights
- Trendwatch: Redundant, Inconsistent and Excessive: Administrative Demands Overburden Hospitals (August 18, 2008)
- Letter: AHA and Others to Congressional Leaders on Impact of VBP on Minority Communities (June 25, 2008)
- Trendwatch: Beyond Health Care: The Economic Contribution of Hospitals (April 07, 2008)
- Press Release: Analysis Highlights Economic Contribution of Hospitals to Communities (April 07, 2008)
- Advisory: Information about Patients' Experience of Hospital Care to Become Public
(March 14, 2008)
Latest News
- AHANEWS: AHA News: Cost shifting (January 05, 2009)
- AHANEWS: GAO: Private FFS Medicare enrollees can face unexpected costs (December 15, 2008)
- AHANEWS: AHRQ: Hospitals' costs to treat cardiovascular conditions on the rise (December 11, 2008)
- AHANEWS: AHA News: Sens. ask GAO to study ‘best practices’ (December 08, 2008)
- AHANEWS: Health care affordability a top priority for small business (December 05, 2008)