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Speaking Up for Priorities That Will Help Hospitals Advance Health for Patients and Communities

It is important to use the August recess that begins next week as an opportunity to engage senators and representatives while they are back home. It is critical for federal lawmakers to understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face.
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ACTION NEEDED: Contact Lawmakers Now on Important Issues Facing Hospitals and Health Systems

Lawmakers have returned to Washington for three weeks to consider government funding, which expires Oct. 1. Congress must pass a continuing resolution (CR) by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.
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ACTION NEEDED: Talk to Lawmakers this August on Important Issues Facing Hospitals and Health Systems

Lawmakers need to hear how congressional support is necessary to ensure hospitals can provide the 24/7 access to care patients and communities depend on.
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Virginia congressman champions telehealth, will push to extend expiring policies

Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., touted the benefits of telehealth April 15, saying it is uncovering hidden health care savings by encouraging patients to seek more timely care.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan
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UPMC’s App to Lower Post-Surgery Readmission Rates Is a Pip

Last year, UPMC Enterprises and Redesign Health began collaborating on Pip Care Inc., a novel digital health platform that is designed to improve surgical outcomes and increase patient satisfaction.
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Expanding Telehealth Services and Access for Successful Maternal Care

In this conversation, Johnna Nynas, M.D., OB/GYN at Sanford Health Bemidji, discusses the dramatic expansion of maternal telehealth capabilities in Minnesota.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Grapefruit Health Targets a New Way to Address the Field’s Workforce Shortage

Ballad Health in Johnson City, Tennessee, recently completed an interesting pilot to improve communication around medication adherence. It worked with Grapefruit Health, a startup focused on addressing health care’s staffing shortage by creating a workforce solely comprising clinical students.
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Overcoming Challenges to Ensure Local Access to Care for Patients and Communities

America’s hospitals and health systems are places of healing, hope, comfort and caring. Today, they also face many challenges that jeopardize their ability to always be there ready to care.
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AHA Comments on 340B Drug Pricing Program, IRF Payments, Physician Fee Schedule and Telehealth

AHA comments on MedPAC topics to be considered in the new cycle: the 340B Drug Pricing Program, inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) payments, the physician fee schedule (PFS) and telehealth.
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Chairman’s file: Spotlighting rural hospitals and rural health

Preserving rural health and advancing health in America go hand-in-hand.