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The Path to Follow When You Can't Go It Alone

Mergers, acquisitions and affiliations. Most health care leaders agree that the future, especially for rural providers, will involve more cooperation and partnerships.
Testimony
Public

AHA Statement to House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Physician Practice Consolidation

AHA Statement to House Ways and Means Subcommittee on the financial and regulatory burdens facing physician practices.
Case Studies

The Value of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Spectrum Health – Grand Rapids, Mich.

Responding to the Pandemic: Information, Care Expertise and Vaccines. Maintaining and Expanding Access. Fueling Innovation. Coordinating Care to Meet People Where They Are.
Case Studies

The Value of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advocate Aurora Health – Milwaukee, Wisc.

Advocate Aurora Health’s scale has been a critical asset that has allowed us to successfully respond to the financial, operational and clinical challenges created by COVID-19.
Case Studies

The Value of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic: SCL Health – Broomfield, Colorado

Health systems often serve as the major employer in their communities and serve as conveners of key stakeholders to leverage new strategies.
Letter/Comment
Public

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.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

What’s Next for Unitedhealth and Optum after $5.4 Billion Acquisition of Home Care Provider?

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is making another significant push into care delivery after its recent $5.4 billion merger agreement with home care company LHC Group. The question now is: What’s next for Optum?
Standards/Guidelines

Partnerships, Mergers, and Acquisitions Can Provide Benefits to Certain Hospitals and Communities

Hospitals and health systems face many pressures to increase the scale of their operations. To help mitigate these challenges, hospitals are considering a range of partnership, merger, and acquisition possibilities to gain new capabilities, realize new efficiencies, and spread costs over a larger organization.
Guides/Reports
Member

Proposals to Reduce Medicare Payments Would Jeopardize Access to Essential Care and Services for Patients

This report provides key evidence as to why site-neutral payment policies are misguided, highlighting the substantial negative impact these policies and new legislative proposals would have on access to the care that the nation’s hospitals and health systems provide.