Population/Community Health
These four webinars explore how hospitals and health systems and community-based organizations are improving the health of individuals with complex medical and social needs.
For future public health emergencies, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should improve how it sets Medicare rates for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and communicates with stakeholders involved in setting the rates, the Department of…
Funded Partnerships fosters transformative health care collaborations supported by AHA and its 501c3, the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET).
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-H) has released a draft solicitation for applicants to the Health Care Rewards to Achieve Improved Outcomes (HEROES) program, which will evaluate a new payment model to incentivize community-based interventions to…
In today’s episode, I talk with David Perlstein, M.D., president and CEO of SBH Health System, located in the Bronx, N.Y. David and I discuss how hospitals and health systems are transforming health care and proactively improving the health and well-being of their communities.
Kinneil Coltman, chief community and social impact officer at Advocate Health, discusses the health system’s wide-ranging initiatives to address community needs, including food insecurity, affordable housing and meaningful employment.
A time to connect and collaborate to advance community health, well-being, and equity, presented by ACHI and IFDHE.
Fact Sheet: Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 335) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act
Medicare pays most acute-care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume.These programs are…
Community health workers have become an essential component of RUSH University Medical Center’s efforts to minimize inequities in health and life expectancy. CHWs provide much-needed resources across the RUSH campus and several Chicago neighborhoods, while also being a driving force for…
AHA comments on the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act.