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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.
Medicaid Coverage Supports Rural Patients, Hospitals, and Communities
One in seven Americans live in rural areas and rely on rural hospitals and health systems for the health and well-being of their communities.
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.
Health Systems
Sixty-seven percent of AHA member hospitals are part of health systems, the majority consisting of three to 10 hospitals. Health systems range in size, geography and facility type. Three-quarters are not-for-profit, with another 10% identifying as Catholic church-related and 10% as for-profit investor-owned. The remaining are non-federal government of varying types.
Fact Sheet: Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 335) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act (H.R.1805)
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 Low-volume Adjustment (LVA)Medicare-dependent Hospitals (MDHs), and Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs).
Telling the Hospital Story
American hospitals empower people to live healthier, happier lives in addition to being ready to care 24/7.
Reducing Disparities in Health Outcomes
AHA members are pursuing practices that can reduce health outcome disparities and thereby improve health outcomes for all populations.
AHA Statement of Record for House Ways and Means Oversight Hearing on Hospital Tax Exemption
Inappropriate denials for prior authorization and coverage of medically necessary services are a pervasive problem among certain plans in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.
Rural Behavioral Health
The AHA supports its members as they strive to provide high quality, accessible behavioral health services in America’s rural communities.
Community Health and Environment
Guidance and resources to support hospitals’ efforts to assess, plan for and respond to the environment’s impact on community health.