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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed spotlight on health inequities in the United States. It has illuminated that, regardless of access to health care services, social and economic circumstances make some people more likely than others to become ill or have poor health.
The AHA recently joined a non-partisan coalition, Get Covered 2021, to promote tools to stop the spread of COVID-19 and expand health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. Molly Smith, AHA vice president of coverage and state issues forum, explains how hospitals and health systems can get鈥
This case study highlights examples of capitated payment agreements that serve to increase the use and improve the quality of primary care services in rural communities. These arrangements are deployed at several levels of care management and delivery in the public and private sectors, with payment鈥
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the AHA鈥檚 Report of the Special Committee on the Provision of Health Services, the AHA looks back on a report that served as a blueprint for a number of proposals for decades to come on national health insurance and health care reform.
In this AHA blog, Michelle Hood, AHA executive vice president and chief operating officer and president for the AHA鈥檚 Health Forum, honors the important role of local care close to home, and shares her experiences leading health care organizations serving some of America鈥檚 most rural communities.
In this AHA blog, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels discusses the resources hospitals and health systems need and what additional relief Congress should deliver during the COVID-19 public health emergency and beyond.
As we celebrate National Rural Health Day on Nov. 19, it鈥檚 important to recognize the work rural hospitals are doing to improve access to maternal care for mothers living in rural communities, writes Priya Bathija, AHA鈥檚 vice president of strategic initiatives.
In two recent reports, the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) appears to use oversimplified analytic approach and draws overly broad conclusions about price variation and price growth variation. Their analysis does not address many of the key factors that can contribute to price variation and growth鈥
There are so many statistics being shared related to maternal mortality in the United States 鈥 but what is the real story?
A recent article in the Los Angeles Times, 鈥淭rump doled out billions to drug makers and hospitals with few strings attached,鈥 misses the mark. The reality is that America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems are facing their greatest financial crisis