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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
The authors of a recent analysis published in JAMA themselves acknowledge that their sample size is very small, making it hard to draw any sweeping conclusions based on their data. In addition, the study does not provide direct insight as to what hospitals actually pay to acquire these drugs.
A white paper from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy on a provision in the draft Build Back Better Act (BBBA) takes serious shortcuts and overlooks how certain provisions fit into a broader, much more complex set of payment policies.
The stark differences in maternal health outcomes between Black and White women are widening at an escalating pace, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The authors of a recent study that looked at CARES Act Provider Relief Funds allocated to health care institutions made arbitrary choices about which payments to include in the analysis. This resulted in incomplete or skewed findings.
A recent study published in JAMA Health Forum (鈥淎ssociation Between COVID-19 Relief Funds and Hospital Characteristics in the U.S.鈥) that examines CARES Act Provider Relief Funds allocated to health care providers misses the point of those payments and makes arbitrary choices about which payments鈥
A recent AHA survey of hospitals and health systems found that 89% of respondents experienced an increase in payment denials over the past three years, and 51% reported experiencing a 鈥渟ignificant鈥 increase in denials.
Workplace violence spurred AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence advisory group to create a framework to support hospitals鈥, health systems鈥 and security leaders鈥 efforts to safeguard staff and patients, writes Mary Beth Kingston, R.N., chair of the group, chief nurse officer at Advocate Aurora Health鈥
In a new blog, Kurt Hoppe, M.D., faculty member of the Mayo Clinic and member of the AHA鈥檚 Post-acute Steering Committee, explains the importance of post-acute care providers in the nation鈥檚 COVID-19 response and recovery, as well as the newest updates to the post-acute care payment model plan 鈥 of鈥
A new report from the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) once again tries to obfuscate the issue of sky-rocketing drug prices by choosing to blame hospitals rather than the drug companies who set the prices and enjoy double-digit profits at the expense of patients and the providers who serve them.
Learn about the alarming rates of physician suicide and what we can do to end it. Read the story of Dr. Lorna Breen's family and their mission to support healthcare workers.