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AHA letter recommends changes to attract MSSP applicants

The AHA recently recommended specific changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to encourage accountable care organizations (ACO) to invest in the infrastructure necessary to successfully take on risk.

AHA podcast: Examining pathways to rebuilding rural maternity services Part Two

In part two in a series of podcasts on rebuilding maternity services at a critical access hospital, officials from the UNC School of Medicine at Chapel Hill and Chatham Hospital UNC Health Care at Siler City, N.C., discuss how a plan was fulfilled to reintroduce safe and sustainable maternity services.

AHA podcast: Examining pathways to rebuilding rural maternity services Part One

In this first of two AHA podcasts on rebuilding maternity services at critical access hospitals, officials from the UNC School of Medicine at Chapel Hill and Chatham Hospital UNC Health Care at Siler City, N.C., discuss the strategic need and clinical case for maternity services at their small, rural community.
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AHA names six new trustees to the 2022 board

The American Hospital Association has elected six new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its directions and finances.
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AHA names new trustees to the 2017 board

Press ReleaseAHA names new trustees to the board 

AHA hosts briefing with hospital and health system leaders on changing health care landscape

At an AHA briefing Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C., hospital and business leaders discussed the many ways hospitals are adapting to a changing health care landscape.

ASPR announces pandemic strategy to support bird flu threat to humans 

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response June 25 announced a flu pandemic preparedness and response strategy in response to the threat of H5N1 bird flu in humans.

Associate Education Series

For more than 120 years, the AHA has provided education for health care leaders. Now, the AHA is helping educate the business community, as well.

AHA blog responds to Medical Care Journal article on nurse staffing

The AHA published a blog June 26 responding to a Medical Care Journal article that paints a bleak picture of the future of health care, claiming hospitals intend to replace registered nurses with lower-paid and less qualified staff, which the authors assert would lead to poorer quality care and skyrocketing costs. 

AHA podcast: Optimizing Whole Person Care through Integration 

Cathrine Frank, M.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral health services at Henry Ford Health System, shares how they utilize a virtual team approach to provide reachable care, and how innovations like a patient tracking registry are benefiting the whole person.