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Health Plan Accountability
Commercial health plan abuses must be addressed to ensure fair coverage for patients and providers. The AHA has worked to hold health plans accountable through letters, statements, white papers, member updates and earned media.
Real Affordability Solutions from the Front Lines of Caring
Hospitals and health systems are where the most complex care is provided for ill and injured patients. Yet spending on inpatient and outpatient care has grown more slowly than spending on other health services. Hospitals and health systems have worked hard to provide the best value to patients and their families. Read more below.
Bias-Riddled “Study” is More Deception Backed by Insurers
A recent paper funded by the objective-sounding organization the “National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation” adds to the growing list of commercial health insurer-backed, bias-riddled research aimed at diverting attention away from that industry’s troubling practices. This time they claim to have found a link between hospital consolidation and access for people covered by Medicaid.
Health Plan Accountability Update: March 2024
Health Plan Accountability Newsletter Update for March 2024.
Health Plan Accountability: June 2022 Update
The latest news on health plan accountability from the AHA for June 2022.
AHA Response to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) RFI
Health insurers have gone through dramatic vertical consolidation since ERISA was signed into law. Over the last decade, the major corporate insurers have spent billions of dollars acquiring not only other plans, but also providers, pharmacy service companies, and health technology and claims adjudication systems.
CBO’s Proposals Do Not Address The Real Causes of Rising Commercial Health Insurance Premiums
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a paper that includes several policy options ostensibly intended to reduce health insurance premiums.
3 Looming Questions from the J.P. Morgan Health Conference
Providers, payers, data analytics companies and others working to transform health care gathered last week at the 41st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to give updates on their strategies and progress.