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Challenges Facing Rural Communities and the Roadmap to Ensure Local Access to High-quality, Affordable Care
Columbus Community Hospital – Columbus, NE
Interdisciplinary Teams Reduce Readmissions
Through building relationships among providers across the care continuum and implementing standardized processes, Columbus Community Hospital reduced all-cause 30-day readmissions by 42%, saving $819,797 in…
Spectrum Health – Grand Rapids, MI
Telehealth Program Reduces Costs and Decreases Patient Transfers
Spectrum Health’s telehealth program saves patients time and money, and results in avoided patient transfers, avoided ED and urgent care center visits, and savings to payers.
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Spectrum Health – Grand Rapids, MI
Telehealth Program Reduces Costs and Decreases Patient Transfers
Spectrum Health’s telehealth program saves patients time and money, and results in avoided patient transfers, avoided ED and urgent care center visits, and savings to payers.
Download the full case…
AHA comments on draft report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology entitled “Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use to of Health IT and EHRs.”
Partnering to Address Behavioral Health: A Deep Dive into Hospital/Health System Partnerships with Community Behavioral Health featuring Dr. Wayne Sparks, Senior Medical Director, Behavioral Care at Atrium Health and Victor Armstrong, MSW, Vice President, Behavioral Health with Atrium Health and…
AHA comments to CMS regarding proposed regulation to modernize Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage programs to lower drug prices and reduce out-of-pocket.expenses.
The Social Determinants of Health Virtual Expedition Modules provide a way to understand and tackle the social determinants of health, an introduction to Upstream Quality Improvement, how to use Upstream Quality Improvement to address food insecurity, how to use Upstream Quality Improvement to…
Letter to the CMS expresses concern with the application deadline of February 19, 2019 for Accountable Care Organizations applying to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program beginning in July 2019.