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Banner | Aetna Aligns Incentives to Drive Innovation

Banner Health and Aetna formed a provider-partnered value-based care health plan in 2016 to drive innovation, improve outcomes, reduce costs and enhance patient experience. Results from the partnership show improvement in all areas of the value equation.
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Using Z Codes to Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes in Rural Indiana

Hospitals and health systems are working to address the societal factors that influence health, including the social needs of their patients, social drivers of health in their communities and the root causes that lead to health disparities.

2025 Environmental Scan

The 2024 AHA Environmental Scan details data and trends that have implications for the health care field for the coming year and beyond. The Scan will help your staff, leadership and board strategize and plan for the future.

AHA Exclusive Executive Events

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AHA Value Initiative Members in Action Case Study: Illinois Rural Community Care Organization – Princeton, IL

Illinois Rural Community Care Organization builds the structure necessary for rural providers to be successful ACOs.
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Societal Factors That Influence Health

AHA presents a framework to support hospitals and health systems and actions they can take at each level (structural, community, personal) to improve health equity. Numerous studies have demonstrated a link between the social drivers of health and key health outcomes. AHA has worked to promote widespread use of ICD-10-CM codes that enable provider to collect data on the social drivers of health

AHA Value Initiative Members in Action: Meadville Medical Center – Meadville, PA

MMC views care coordination as an important aspect of fulfilling its mission as an independent community health system.

AHA Value Initiative Members in Action: Russell Regional Hospital – Russell, KS

Russell (KS) Regional Hospital (RRH), a critical access hospital, was already a leader in hospital energy performance when it embarked on a journey to make additional improvements. RRH’s goal was to make strategic energy related investments that would reduce operating expenses while increasing system reliability. Now they have an ENERGY STAR® 100 rating.

AHA Value Initiative Members in Action: Rush University Medical Center – Chicago, IL

Several years ago, Rush’s leaders—like many hospital administrators across the country—began preparing for the shift to value-based care. As part of those efforts, the Medical Center’s colorectal surgery team implemented the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program in 2014.