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Fact Sheet: Statutory PAYGO Sequester Relief Needed for Health Providers
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in historic challenges for hospitals and health systems and the communities they serve. This has placed unprecedented stress on the entire health care system and its financing.
Fact Sheet: AHA Priorities for Budget Reconciliation Package to Support America’s Hospitals and Health Systems
It is imperative that Congress invest in America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure
that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future. The AHA supports
investments in infrastructure, such as the health care workforce, behavioral health, the
accessibility and affordability of health care coverage, emergency preparedness and the health
care supply chain, telehealth and cybersecurity, among other areas.
Emerging Strategies to Ensure Access to Health Care Services: Rural Hospital-Health Clinic Integration
The AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities examined ways in which the access to and delivery of care could be improved. This strategy – focused on cooperation and collaboration through integration of rural hospitals and health clinics – is a way for vulnerable rural areas to better meet community need and stabilize and expand services as those needs change.
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.
Fact Sheet: Federal Investment Needed to Strengthen the National Medical Supply Chain
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to take steps to strengthen the nation’s medical supply chain. America’s hospitals and health systems rely on the efficient and timely delivery of supplies so they in turn can deliver safe and effective care, especially in times of emergency. We support increased investments to maintain consistent and continuous access to medical supplies for hospitals and our entire health care system.
Fact Sheet: Strengthening Hospital Infrastructure to Be Better Prepared
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to make a substantial investment of at least $58 billion in improving hospital and health system resilience against the growing threats posed by extreme weather, seismic events, wildfires and novel pathogens.
Fact Sheet: Infrastructure Investments Needed to Support Access to Care in Rural America
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for the infrastructure that supports rural hospitals and the communities they serve. Key areas of investment include physical infrastructure and “right-sizing,” capacity to enable digital health, workforce support and access to behavioral health services.
Fact Sheet: Federal Investment Needed to Keep Hospitals’ Physical Infrastructure Ready to Meet Health Care Needs
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for America’s hospital infrastructure. These investments are critical to ensuring the long-term sustainability and viability of hospitals, and maintaining access to high quality, safe and environmentally sustainable health care.
Fact Sheet: Federal Support Needed to Expand and Modernize Health Care Digital and Data Infrastructure
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize investment in broadband, telehealth and cybersecurity to ensure all patients have secure, sustained, equitable access to care using digital and information technologies. Hospitals, health systems and government agencies also require modernized data systems to better identify and respond to issues that affect health equity, racial and ethnic disparities, the quality of health care delivery, and public health responses.
Fact Sheet: Federal Investment in Behavioral Health Infrastructure Needed to Address Mounting Crisis
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for the infrastructure that supports the behavioral health needs of the country. These investments will not only help to stymie the wave of unmet demand for behavioral health services that has been growing for decades, but also provide the basis for better overall physical health for Americans.