Issue Landing Page
Landing pages for the American Hospital Association's top advocacy issues.
The federal agency that oversees the Medicare program (CMS) recently announced a change in the long-term care hospital (LTCH) high-cost outlier payment policy. As a result, LTCHs are being asked to incur greater and greater losses as they care for severely ill patients.
The AHA supports its members as they strive to provide high quality, accessible behavioral health services in America’s rural communities.
Guidance and resources to support hospitals’ efforts to assess, plan for and respond to the environment’s impact on community health.
Learn from case studies of organizations that have addressed workplace violence using best practices and individual solutions tailored to their size, resources, and culture.
This can be through migration to Accountable Care Organization Models, Patient Centered Medical Homes or other Alternative Payment Models.
At the upstream end of the value-based payment spectrum, organizations can assume full risk for a population through capitated payments, global budgets, and provider led insurance plans.
In the 14 years since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and 9 years since the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), there have been numerous programs developed by Medicare, states and commercial payers to support the movement to outcomes or value-based…
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The AHA has worked with hospitals and health systems to share tools that help build a culture of patient safety and adopt best practices.
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