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The Hospital Community Collaborative (HCC) | Center

The Hospital Community Collaborative provides resources to hospitals seeking to collaborate to reduce disparities in health outcomes.
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AHA, Other Organizations in Support of Congressional Review Act

The undersigned organizations write to express our support for the use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent premerger notification rules ("Rules").

Convening Leaders for Emergency and Response (CLEAR)

AHA’s resource hub for emergency response and disaster preparedness.
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AHA Partners with the FBI on Mitigating Targeted Violence in Health Care Settings

The AHA in partnership with the FBI today released a new resource and webpage on mitigating targeted violence in health care settings.

Advocacy Issue: Mergers and Acquisitions

One of the most important tools that hospitals can use to increase access and quality of care and manage risk and financial pressures are mergers and acquisitions. A range of partnerships, mergers and acquisitions enable hospitals to expand service offerings, broaden networks and access to specialists, improve quality and better serve patients where they live.
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Report: Examining the Real Factors Driving Physician Practice Acquisition

Policymakers and others have expressed growing concern about the trend of physician practices becoming affiliated with hospitals and health systems.

Fact Sheet: Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions Can Expand and Preserve Access to Care

The Issue One of the most important tools that hospitals can use to increase access an

AHA Insights for Business

AHA Insights for Business Explore up-to-date content on the issues that occupy the minds of the nation’s hospital and health system leaders.
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Key Messages on Consolidation

The financial health of the hospital field has been shaken during the pandemic. Health systems have demonstrated benefits. Mergers expand the capacity of smaller and rural hospitals. A focus on hospital consolidation ignores larger market trends. The cost of providing care continues to increase. Critics of mergers too often rely on incomplete evidence. Commercial insurers do not always pass on savings from lower hospital prices.

Fact Sheet: Reference-based Pricing

Some employers are moving away from offering traditional coverage with a provider network and instead are using reference-based pricing for some or all of services they cover. Under reference-based pricing, the employer (supported by a third party administrator [TPA] or other vendor) pays a set a price for each health care service instead of negotiating prices with providers.