Physician Workforce
To help clinicians address social determinants of health (SDoH) within a framework that maximizes their skills while helping organizations systemically approach these challenges, the AHA Physician Alliance has created a virtual expedition consisting of five modules.
AHA urges the Senate to co-sponsor the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019
(S. 348), a bipartisan bill, authored by Senators Menendez, Boozman and Schumer, that would
increase the number of Medicare-funded residency positions by 15,000 over five years,
thereby helping to alleviate鈥
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) is committed to supporting and advocating for organizations that are tackling the opioid crisis. This webinar provides an update since AHA鈥檚 April 2016 webinar on the Prescribe Safe Initiative, created by Monterey County law enforcement, four Monterey County鈥
AHA letter to Senator Robert Menendez expressing support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
The Social Determinants of Health Virtual Expedition Modules provide a way to understand and tackle the social determinants of health, an introduction to Upstream Quality Improvement, how to use Upstream Quality Improvement to address food insecurity, how to use Upstream Quality Improvement to鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 21 issued a rule, called 鈥淧athways to Success鈥, that finalizes changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including to the structure of payments made to accountable care organizations and other aspects of participation in the MSSP.
In this AHA Stat blog post, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA's Physician Alliance, highlights how three organizations 鈥 HCA Healthcare, Erlanger Health System and the Minnesota Hospital Association 鈥 have implemented strategies to help tackle physician burnout.
AHA Today recently sat down with Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance, to discuss the group鈥檚 work in 2018 and what lies ahead in 2019.
Also in this roundup of health care news: experts share insights on managing the diabetes epidemic; and foreign-born physicians make up a significant 鈥 and humanitarian 鈥 presence in health care.
Ashley Thompson
Senior Vice President, Public Policy Analysis and Development
黑料正能量 Association
November 1, 2018