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This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing provisions and other relevant information. The 2013 survey included nearly 3,000 interviews with non-federal public and private firms.…
This guide includes two sections that address collection and use of patient race, ethnicity and language (REAL) data to reduce health care disparities.
A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to community health and issues of health care equity. The Health Disparities Summer Internship Program is part of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center (BHDC), a partnership between SUNY Downstate Medical…
Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ
Part 1 offers guidance on how hospitals and health systems leaders can assess their preparedness to assume risk under value-based arrangements. It also reviews the numerous financial and operational considerations for health care providers entering into value-based care.
The nation's health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-based business model. The pace of the transition varies by market, but hospitals, care systems and other providers must be proactive. The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence guide “Value-based…
In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hospitals and health care systems design and implement strategies to deliver care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered. Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence: A Compendium…
AHA Statement on CMS Final Rule for Hospital Inpatient Services, Long-Term Care Hospitals and Re-bil
The report describes the journeys of four care systems as they are transforming into accountable care organizations.