Issue Landing Page
Landing pages for the American Hospital Association's top advocacy issues.
The AHA has the responsibility and opportunity to take action on the most pressing health care issues today. We embrace this opportunity to drive meaningful progress, and to do so by collaborating with our hospital and health system members, government agencies, business partners, community…
Guidance and resources to support hospitals’ efforts to assess, plan for and respond to the environment’s impact on community health.
Learn from case studies of organizations that have addressed workplace violence using best practices and individual solutions tailored to their size, resources, and culture.
This can be through migration to Accountable Care Organization Models, Patient Centered Medical Homes or other Alternative Payment Models.
At the upstream end of the value-based payment spectrum, organizations can assume full risk for a population through capitated payments, global budgets, and provider led insurance plans.
In the 14 years since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and 9 years since the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), there have been numerous programs developed by Medicare, states and commercial payers to support the movement to outcomes or value-based…
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The AHA has worked with hospitals and health systems to share tools that help build a culture of patient safety and adopt best practices.
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers across the nation have experienced a sharp increase in incidences of workplace violence, with no sign that this trend is receding. Despite the diligent efforts of hospitals and health systems to prevent violence, health care workers…