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Member Issue Brief: Implementing Patient Out-of-pocket Cost Estimators
This issue brief lays out the key components of effective online tools used by hospitals and health systems to help patients understand their potential out-of-pocket costs and highlights several different approaches providers have taken.
Community Health Improvement Week | Center
Community Health Improvement Week is a time to highlight hospitals partnering to enhance health and well-being.
The Hospital Community Collaborative (HCC) | Center
The Hospital Community Collaborative provides resources to hospitals seeking to collaborate to reduce disparities in health outcomes.
Fact Sheet: Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 335) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act (H.R.1805)
Medicare pays most acute care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume. These programs are Low-volume Adjustment (LVA)Medicare-dependent Hospitals (MDHs), and Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs).
Peer Support Issue Brief
Hospitals and health systems are enhancing the way they deliver care to improve patient care and outcomes, prepare for the future and strengthen sustainability. One key driver to transforming care is expanding the non-clinical workforce to improve patient experience and outcomes and reduce clinical staff burnout. Peer Support Specialists (PSS) can play an impactful role in helping hospitals and health systems achieve these goals. PSS are people with lived experience, living in recovery from psychiatric and/or substance use disorders, who provide non-clinical, strengths-based support to others seeking individualized recovery guidance.
Supporting Victims and Communities of Mass Violence Incidents
The Hospitals Against Violence Initiative (HAV) is proud to partner with the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC) to provide resources and support surrounding incidents of mass violence for the communities and patients served by our hospitals and health systems.
AHA Urges Elevance Health to Rescind Anthem’s Nonparticipating Provider Policy
America’s hospitals, health systems and its caregivers have significant concerns regarding Anthem’s nonparticipating provider policy1 and the harm it will inflict on patients.
Community Collaboration for Solutions
Advancing health equity and fostering healthy communities by investing in strong hospital-community partnerships.
Promoting Healthy Communities
Hospitals are a vital part of their communities and the services they provide extend well beyond just curing injury or illness. Hospitals are taking responsibility for the health of their communities, helping people get and stay healthy year round.
Transforming Care for Older Adults
Resources to help hospitals and health systems address the unique care needs of older adults, including chronic diseases like heart disease or diabetes, and loneliness and isolation.