Innovation/New Models of Care
We believe it’s important for hospital and health system leaders to understand the trends and forces impacting the field, as well as the opportunities disruptive innovation may create. That’s why we’ve created a new home on AHA.org to track and analyze these trends.
The 19th Annual Not-for-Profit Health Care Investor Conference was held last week in New York City, providing an important opportunity for not-for-profit health systems to maintain a dialogue with investors.
The AHA is inviting members to become a change agent or health care disruptor—to solve real, complex health care problems and answer the strong demand for innovation in the field now.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved a five-year agreement with Maryland to expand the state’s all-payer model from focusing on hospitals to also incentivizing other providers to address the total cost of care beginning in 2019.
Connecting health systems and community-based organizations to improve outcomes
The American Hospital Association supports H.R. 5645, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018, also known as the SMARTER Act.
The White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday proposed that Congress rescind $15.4 billion in prior appropriations to federal programs, including nearly $7 billion from the Children’s Health Insurance Program and $800 million from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
AHA letter to Rep.. Lynn Jenkins expressing support for the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678).
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AHA today presented its Justin Ford Kimball Innovators Award to Nicholas Wolter, M.D., retired CEO of Billings (MT) Clinic. The award, which was presented at the AHA’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., recognizes people or organizations that have developed or introduced an…