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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
As the nation debates changes to the Affordable Care Act, it鈥檚 worth noting what鈥檚 been gained with the expansion of health care coverage to more than 20 million Americans. For the first time, many who suffer from addiction and substance abuse disorders are getting treatment thanks to their鈥
For 34 years, the Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence (HAVE) have honored exceptional volunteer efforts that provide distinguished service to hospitals, patients and communities. Earlier today we announced our 2017 award recipients, who will be recognized May 8 at the AHA Annual Membership鈥
When Congress returns next week, Republican leaders intend on advancing legislation repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act 鈥 legislation which would currently include the possible redesign of the Medicaid program. Medicaid today provides coverage to more than 70 million children and poor,鈥
鈥淥f all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.鈥濃 Martin Luther King Jr.Black History Month is the perfect time to ask, 鈥淲hat progress is your hospital making in equity of care? What progress are you making in support of the idea that a person鈥檚 fate in鈥
The AHA Committee on Performance Improvement鈥檚 new report explores key components of workforce. It is intended to foster a national conversation about why the alignment between workforce planning and development and operations is critically needed now. Changing care delivery models, changing鈥
While Congress passed a budget resolution last month 鈥渦nlocking鈥 the reconciliation process to repeal and replace or repair the Affordable Care Act, the January 27 deadline for the committees of jurisdiction to develop substantive legislation has come and gone. That鈥檚 why the options outlined鈥
Hospitals and health systems are on a journey that promises to take them to a place where they can improve the lives of thousands of people all at once, not just the health of one patient at a time 鈥 where their success in addressing the social determinants of health within the communities they鈥
One of the best parts of my job is getting to travel the country and meet the women and men who are leading the way in redefining the 鈥淗鈥 and transforming health care. Rodney Nelson, president and CEO of the Mackinac Straits Health System in St. Ignace, MI, is one of those leaders.
With the AHA as a founding member, the Coalition to Protect America鈥檚 Health Care began almost 17 years ago as a major communications initiative of hospitals, national, state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations and businesses. It鈥檚 dedicated to telling the hospital story and helping鈥
What are vulnerable communities? They鈥檙e communities in rural and inner-city America that lack access to primary care or are hobbled by a poor economy, high rates of uninsured and low health literacy, among other things.
For the millions of Americans who live in them, the local hospital is an鈥