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One in seven Americans live in rural areas and rely on rural hospitals and health systems for the health and well-being of their communities.
Medicare pays most acute care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume. These programs are Low-…
Manning Family Children’s Hospital has become the first facility in Louisiana and the broader Gulf South region to earn verification as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center.
Arkansas Children’s Hospital is utilizing telemedicine to expand access to care and support rural hospitals that lack pediatric cardiac MRI and CT expertise.
The American Hospital Association provides comment on the “Health Data, Technology and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions to Unleash Prosperity” (HTI-5) proposed rule.
Good Samaritan, based in Vincennes, Ind., is a county-owned, not-for-profit health system that serves a 10-county rural region across southwest Indiana and southeast Illinois.
The AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship focuses on developing leaders and empowering them to bring about real and lasting change in the hospitals and health systems in which they serve, as well as in our field overall.
Juniper Networks recently published an
The Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program provides essential financial assistance to hospitals that care for our nation’s most vulnerable populations, including children and those who are disabled and elderly. These hospitals also provide critical community services, such as trauma…
The American Hospital Association comments on the Department of Education’s proposed rule implementing borrowing limits for federal student loans.