Articles
Care Delivery, Price Transparency, Making Healthcare More Affordable, Medicare, Medicaid, Rural issues
Why Paragon Gets Hospitals Wrong: Report Ignores Reality of Care Delivery
The latest report from Paragon, which has targeted hospitals, relies on a long list of distorted and debunked arguments.
Community Benefit, Tax-exempt Status
Hospital Benefits to Communities Far Outweigh Tax Exemptions: A Closer Look at the Numbers
By Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, Megha Parikh, Associate Director of Health Analytics and Policy
A new analysis from EY prepared for the AHA highlights the ways in which nonprofit hospitals and health systems contribute to their communities.
Community Benefit, Tax-exempt Status
Beyond the Labels: Schedule H Reporting and the Benefits That Hospitals Provide to Communities
By Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, Megha Parikh, AHA Associate Director of Health Analytics Policy
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released a new report on Sept. 10, showing that tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $150 billion in total benefits in 2022, an amount that reflects spending across all parts of Schedule H.
Marketplace Issues/Stability, Setting the Record Straight, Fraud
Setting the Record Straight: Separating Fact from Fiction on Health Insurance Marketplace Fraud
By Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, Isaac Nicchitta, AHA Associate Director of Health Analytics Policy
It is imperative that policymakers understand that Paragon developed their allegations of large-scale “fraud” in health care using inaccurate data, dubious assumptions, and an apparent lack of understanding of how health insurance actually works.
Price Transparency, Financial Management, Medicare, COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement, Setting the Record Straight
RAND 5.0 – The Health Policy Equivalent of Groundhog Day
By Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, John Allison, AHA Senior Associate Director of Health Analytics and Policy
The RAND Corporation recently released the fifth iteration of its biannual hospital price report. The AHA highlights the significant flaws in this latest iteration.
Hospital Data, Setting the Record Straight
Unequal Transparency: How Hospitals Report More Data than Any Other Entity in the Health Care Sector
By Bharath Krishnamurthy, Director, Pharmaceutical Policy, American Hospital Association, Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications
Imagine if the government required health insurance and drug companies to account for every dollar they spent, audit those data, and publicly report those numbers. The pushback would be tremendous, yet that is the reality for hospitals and health systems operating in the U.S.
Site-Neutral Payment Proposals, Rural issues, Setting the Record Straight
Anti-hospital Group Misleads on Site-neutral Impact on Rural Access to Care
Once again, the anti-hospital, billionaire-backed Arnold Ventures is pushing its anti-hospital agenda with a “report” that is so disingenuous and has so many limitations that it cannot be taken seriously.
COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, Financial Management, Setting the Record Straight
Recent Study on Pandemic Funding Narrow and Incomplete
America’s hospitals and health systems, regardless of size, location and ownership type, provided essential care to their patients and communities during the pandemic. Congress recognized the critical role hospitals play as the backbone of our health care system and swiftly took steps in the early days of the pandemic to provide support to ensure hospitals would remain resilient.
Setting the Record Straight, Price Transparency, Financial Management
Blog: Irresponsible rhetoric should not drive public policy
The AHA has previously noted the third party observers who demonstrate a tenuous grasp of the data and rules regarding federal hospital transparency requirements.
Price Transparency, Cost Management, Setting the Record Straight
New CMS Report Shows Hospitals and Health Systems Are Working to Implement Price Transparency Policies and Help Patients Understand Costs
By Molly Smith - Group Vice President for Public Policy, American Hospital Association, Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, Terrence Cunningham
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the results of its assessment of hospital compliance. Importantly, CMS is the official arbiter of compliance with the transparency rules.