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Unsustainable Costs of Caring

America’s hospitals' and health systems' are facing a tidal wave of financial challenges, with finances stretched to their breaking point by three years of pandemic and now post-pandemic strain.
News

Recent Article on Hospital Prices Omits Many Key Points

After two years on the frontlines in the battle against this pandemic, hospitals and health systems have seen a dramatic rise in costs of labor, drugs, supplies and equipment.
Testimony
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AHA House Statement on "ERISA’s 50th Anniversary: The Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care"

AHA comments in response to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce efforts to build upon and strengthen the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
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2021 Cost of Caring

Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to make care more cost-effective and efficient for their patients, at the same time that they are caring for the nation’s most complex and resource-intensive patients. This has been especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals and health systems have provided essential services and saved lives, while also facing unprecedented financial and operational challenges.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Providers Cut Costs, Better Engage Patients

Leaders from health care delivery systems, insurers, the pharmaceuticals industry and technology companies converged on San Francisco last week for the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference and got a close-up look at just how quickly the field is transforming. News came quickly on several fronts, including company acquisitions, the ongoing push among many payers into clinical services as they try to drive down care delivery costs and more.