Physician Leader
The AHA is accepting nominations through March 16 for outstanding clinicians to be considered for leadership positions within the association. The Committee on Clinical Leadership is seeking five at-large clinicians to serve three-year appointments. The CCL is responsible for providing clinical…
Live from the 2018 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
The average cost of administering or adjudicating a medical liability claim was $54,165 in 2015, 65% more than in 2006, according to a series of trend reports released today by the American Medical Association.
The AHA is committed to addressing the resilience and well-being across the health care workforce. Below are resources to understand the drivers and implications of burnout, how to foster and grow, resilience and well-being and the tools hospitals and health systems can use to ensure a strong and…
However, the QPP’s payment implications will vary depending on a number of scenarios – such as whether a clinician is attributed to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)i; to a MIPS alternative payment model (APM); or to an advanced APM. See Figure 1. While MIPS-eligible clinicians have a…
Research and data regarding the use and impact of telehealth in hospitals and health systems.
The MACRA Physician Quality Payment Program Final Rule for CY 2018 continues a flexible approach to the MACRA's physician quality payment program urged by hospitals, health systems, and the more than 500,000 employed and contracted physicians with whom they partner to deliver care.
In today's rule, CMS finalized a number of policies, including one that will adversely impact patient access to care by reducing Medicare rates for services hospitals provide in new off-campus hospital clinics.
CMS’s decision in today’s rule to cut Medicare payments to hospitals for drugs covered under the 340B program will dramatically threaten access to health care for many patients, including uninsured and other vulnerable populations. It is not based on sound policy and punishes hospitals and patients…
The AHA welcomes today’s announcement of a public health emergency for the opioid epidemic and the Administration’s efforts to enhance access to treatment. This declaration appropriately highlights the urgent need to act so that fewer of our fellow citizens are suffering.