State Issues Forum (SIF)
Communities across Pennsylvania count on health care being there when they or their family members need help. Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems are committed to providing coordinated, high-quality, cost-effective, and compassionate health care to patients in communities across the…
Gwen Dayton from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems asked her SAGRO colleagues for the various definitions states use for describe ambulatory Surgery Centers and the services they provide. Below are the responses she received.
Issue: Governor Rendell is expected to make several public announcements as early as next week regarding his plan to reform health care in Pennsylvania. HAP welcomes public discussion regarding health care reform. To assist member hospitals and health systems in discussing health care reform with…
This fall the VHHA Board of Directors adopted a comprehensive package of initiatives that will make it easier to get information about: 1\) health care prices and hospital quality; 2\) financial assistance policies that affect the low-income uninsured and underinsured; and 3\) the extent of…
The AHA State Issues Forum conducted a survey in the fall of 2006 to assess the landscape in the states regarding current laws and expectations for legislative activity in 2007 regarding limited-service providers, such as specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers,…
Governor Schwarzenegger, as well as Assembly Speaker Fabian Nu?ez and Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, have announced comprehensive plans to fix our broken health care system. Other legislators, both Democrats and Republicans, are also expected to introduce health care reform legislation.
Health Care Coverage/Reform Proposals: Comparison of Key Features, presented by the California Hospital Association.
A Prescription for Comprehensive Health Care Reform in New York State
When properly structured, consumer-driven health care may provide gains toboth patients and the delivery system. However, the current approach by health plans could result in real harm to patients and to an already fragile health care delivery system. While health plans are presenting tiered…
New Hampshire Hospital Association House Health & Human Services Committee Presentation