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Community Health Improvement Week | Center

Community Health Improvement Week is a time to highlight hospitals partnering to enhance health and well-being.
Fact Sheets
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Fact Sheet: Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 335) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act

Medicare pays most acute-care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume.These programs are Medicare- dependent Hospitals (MDHs), Low-volume Adjustment (LVA) and Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs).
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Rural Health Services

Over 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital as an important source of care as well as a critical component of their area's economic and social fabric. Location, size, workforce, payment and access to capital challenge small or rural hospitals and the communities they serve. Collaborating with state and regional hospital associations and with advice from its member council, the Section tracks the issues, develops policies and identifies solutions to our most pressing problems.
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Hospitals and health systems can play an important role in ensuring children and adolescents receive the behavioral health care they need to thrive.
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Sustainability for Health Care - Achieving Your Sustainability Goals

AHA sustainability in health care information and resources. 
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on the CMS and ASTP/ONC Request for Information Re: The Health Technology Ecosystem

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Request for Information regarding the Health Technology Ecosystem.
Talking Points
Member

Sample Messages for Health Care Stakeholders

We need as many voices as possible united in the protection of Medicaid.
Initiatives/Campaigns

Telling the Hospital Story

American hospitals empower people to live healthier, happier lives in addition to being ready to care 24/7.
Advocacy

Medicaid: Real Lives, Real Care

Back to Advocacy Issue: Medicaid
Issue Brief

Issue Brief | Care Delivery Transformation Framework

Transforming Care Delivery for a Sustainable Future