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Fact Sheet: Workplace Violence and Intimidation, and the Need for a Federal Legislative Response
For the past several years, the health care field has experienced a sharp increase in workplace
violence. The COVID-19 pandemic placed significant stress on the entire health care system, and
in some situations, patients, visitors and family members have attacked health care staff and
jeopardized our workforce’s ability to provide care.
Fact Sheet: Hospitals & Health Systems and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely used in the health care field for decades. Hospitals and health systems, for example, have developed or used AI tools to help increase the quality and efficiency
of care, including supporting clinicians in determining diagnoses, prognoses and specific treatment recommendations for patients.
Workforce Shortages Delay Patient Discharges and Exacerbate Providers’ Severe Financial Challenges
Significant workforce shortages at facilities, such as those in post-acute and behavioral health, is making it more difficult for hospitals to efficiently and appropriately discharge patients. Hospitals have to bear the costs of caring for patients for those excess days without any reimbursement.
Guidelines Documenting ICD-10 Codes and Other Sensitive Information in Electronic Health Record
In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted new ICD codes to describe human trafficking (HT). These specific HT codes allow healthcare professionals and others to
optimize continuity of care for trafficked persons, determine health needs and effective treatments for HT-related health conditions, track cases of HT to assist in ensuring adequate resources are provided to communities, and inform local and national prevention and intervention policies.
Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Health Care Workforce
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for the infrastructure that supports the health care workforce needs of the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future.
Medicare Site-neutral Legislative Proposals Under Consideration Would Jeopardize Access to Care for Patients and Communities
Congress is considering several bills that would impose additional site-neutral payment reductions for services provided in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). A description of these bills, AHA’s take on the proposals and the potential impact these proposals would have on Medicare reimbursement to hospitals and health systems follow.
Report: Examining the Real Factors Driving Physician Practice Acquisition
Policymakers and others have expressed growing concern about the trend of physician practices becoming affiliated with hospitals and health systems.
UnidosUS and the AHA: An Alliance for Healthier and Stronger Communities
The American Hospital Association, a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals, along with UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy o
Fact Sheet: Health Care Workplace Violence and Intimidation, and the Need for a Federal Legislative Response
Congress should enact the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act, which provides health care workplace protections against violence similar to those that exist for flight crews, flight attendants and airport workers.
Fact Sheet: Financial Challenges Facing Hospitals and Health Systems as a Result of COVID-19
As hospitals rise to meet the challenges of COVID-19 head on, the virus and its effect on the nation have created historic financial pressures for America’s hospitals and health systems. Hospitals have canceled non-emergency procedures, and many Americans are postponing care as they shelter in place to stop the spread of the virus.