Post-Acute Care Advocacy Alliance
Introduction
Post-acute care is a growing and essential health and social service, accounting for more $2.7 trillion spent on personal health care, and, of that, almost 15% of total Medicare spending.
The AHA's nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health organizations includes 3,300 post-acute care providers, including free-standing post-acute hospitals and post-acute units. Post-acute care settings include long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health agencies. AHA supports enhanced coordination between general acute-care hospitals and post-acute providers to improve overall quality of care and reduce total health spending.
The AHA meets the unique needs of post-acute care providers through
- Representation and advocacy
- Participation in public policy development
- Communication, education, and management strategies including specialized education and networking opportunities
- Collaborating with national organizations to lay the foundation for aligned positions on behalf of post-acute care providers across the continuum of care.
Resources
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- Fact Sheet: Viable Unified Post-acute Care Payment Model Not Possible Under Current Approach (1/28/2022)
- Letter: AHA Raises Concerns With Prototype PAC Payment Model (8/24/2021)
- Case Study: Partnership with Post-acute Hospitals key to Covid-19 Response (8/11/2020)
- Fact Sheet: Reset IMPACT Act to Account for COVID-19 Lessons on Post-acute Care (6/24/2020)
- Fact Sheet: Reset IMPACT Act to Account for COVID-19 Lessons on Post-acute Care (6/24/2020)
- Post-Acute Provider Experiences and Lessons Learned During COVID-19 (June 2020)
- MedPAC discusses draft post-acute care payment updates for 2021 (12/6/2019)
- Panel highlights value of post-acute care at AHA Hill briefing (7/9/2019)
- Fact Sheet: Post-acute Care (7/9/2019)
- Fact Sheet: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities – A Unique and Critical Service (7/9/2019)
- Fact Sheet: Long-Term Care Hospitals (4/5/2019)
- Post-Acute Care Infographic: Enough is Enough (2/27/2019)
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- Webinar: October 14, 2021 Improving Post-acute Network Performance Audio
- Study Downplays Vital Role of Long-term Care Hospitals in Patient Care
- Podcast: Long Term Care Hospitals Addressing Needs of Long Haul COVID Patients
- Podcast: We Do Love Partnering
- Report: Long-term care hospitals playing critical role during pandemic
- AHA Podcast: Mount Sinai see promise in hospitals-at-home model
- Podcast: Acute and Post-Acute providers Join Forces
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New Post-acute Care Model Falls Short
Post-acute care (PAC) providers continue to play a central role in COVID-19 response and recovery. In particular, providers in COVID-19 hotspots have been crucial to helping take the pressure off over-crowded referring hospitals and providing specialized care for the sickest patients — including “long-haul” patients requiring extended care after the initial period of illness has been resolved.
