Websites
Websites with information for American Hospital Association members and the health care field.
This website provides descriptive material and links to AHA and external resources to help you make sense of the federal requirements as you continue on the path of EHR adoption and optimization.
The One-Year Extension for Complying with HIPAA's Standards for Electronic Transactions: How Does it Affect You?
Keeping Our Medical Privacy Promises: Fact Sheet on the Practical Effects of the Original Rule -- and How Proposed Modifications Will Make It More Effective for Patients and Providers.
AHA Response to the Dececember 2018 HIPAA RFI (December 12, 2019)
AHA/AHIMA Webinar: Engaging Patients Through Access to Their Medical Records (November 15, 2016)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) authorized incentive payments to eligible hospitals and physicians that are "meaningful users" of electronic health records (EHRs). As a result of the incentives and other funding opportunities, policymakers hope that the majority of…
This executive briefing examines important implementation issues with ICD-10.
Mental Health and America's Military and Veterans
Links to other Resources and Organizations
JOINING FORCES - Caring for our returning military
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Resources: Links to government sites and other sites that contain the latest information on Inpatient PPS.
AHA Central Office serves as the U.S. clearinghouse for issues related to the use of ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS and certain HCPCS codes. AHA Central Office works with the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to maintain the integrity of the…