Access & Health Coverage
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) today released new research that finds recent hospital mergers result in significant costs savings and quality improvements that cannot be replicated by looser affiliations.
Rural hospitals are their community’s anchor. By providing 24/7 care, essential public services and access to primary care for the 57 million people that live in rural America, these hospitals are vitally important. But the challenges they face have never been bigger.They include the move to value-…
Todays decision rightly puts the needs of patients first in ensuring they have access to health care coverage that is affordable.
More than 8.8 million people selected a health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1 through Jan. 14, nearly 100,000 more than during the equivalent period last year.
More than 16.4 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Nov. 30, 2016, increasing total enrollment in the programs by 29% since the start of the first open enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a report…
Ken Fawcett, M.D., Spectrum Health’s vice president of Healthier Communities in Grand Rapids, Mich., knows what it takes to build healthier communities. Healthier Communities’ outreach to Western Michigan’s underserved residents is why Spectrum Health has received the 2016 Foster G. McGaw Prize for…
The AHA strongly supports the nomination of Dr. David Shulkin as Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health in Winona, Minn., will lead the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Associations (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2017.