Cost Management
An AHA blog published Oct. 5 responds to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association report suggesting that hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence-enabled documentation tools is driving higher healthcare costs through increased coding intensity.
A report recently released by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association suggests that hospitals’ use of AI-enabled documentation tools is driving higher healthcare costs through increased coding intensity.
This Costs of Caring report provides a data-driven assessment of the financial realities faced by hospitals and health systems, and underscores why sustainable affordability solutions must address the structural drivers of cost growth rather than focusing narrowly on hospital prices alone.
Making healthcare more affordable for families, businesses, and the federal and state governments is an important goal. High-quality healthcare should support individuals in living their best lives, including thriving at work and supporting a vibrant, innovative economy. Unfortunately, the…
The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions July 1 examined whether direct health care contracts between employers and providers could help address rising health care costs.
National health spending is projected to have reached $5.7 trillion in 2025, up 7.3% from 2024, according to an analysis by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published June 24 by Health Affairs.
The New York Times published a letter to the editor May 16 by AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack that responds to a May 4 op-ed that claimed hospitals are the biggest culprit in rising health care costs.
An AHA blog says an essay published in The New York Times wrongly frames hospitals as the leading “culprit” behind rising health care costs.
A May 4 guest essay published in The New York Times frames hospitals as the leading “culprit” behind rising health care costs. It reduces a complex health care system and a much-needed conversation on affordability to a caricature.
Hospitals are balancing significant cost pressures as they treat a sicker and more medically complex, aging patient population, all while operating with persistent misalignments in how care is financed and reimbursed.