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Disruption in Health Care
Disruption is taking hold of health care, with major retail pharmacy chains, payers, technology companies and others making their presence felt. In the race to transform care delivery, reduce health care costs and improve access to meet consumer expectations, this is a defining moment. This report examines some of the key moves by Amazon, Apple, CVS Health/Aetna, Google/Alphabet, Walgreens and Walmart over the past year and how these developments may support the firms’ larger ambitions in the field going forward.
Value of Using Collaboration to Advance Health Equity
In part two of this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, and Maurice Jones, president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corpora
Physician Relationship Strategy: 18 Questions for Leadership Teams
As health system leaders look at the physician-practice merger and acquisition activity in their local markets and reassess their own physician alignment strategies, they need to answer questions about their strategic physician partnership needs, local market dynamics, their organization’s value proposition and innovative practice arrangements.
Responding to Human Trafficking: Developing a Program to Help Victims
Laura Castellanos, associate director at the American Hospital Association, discusses how to develop a human trafficking victim identification and response program.
Leading the Charge for Disruptive Innovation
New health care market entrants and vertical integrators are challenging the traditional business models of both hospitals and health systems. This report from the AHA Center for Health Innovation outlines the moves hospitals and health systems can make to convert that challenge into an opportunity to serve the health needs of their patients.
Frequently Asked Questions: Public Charge and Our Patients
On Feb. 24, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began implementing new “public charge” rules for certain immigrants seeking to obtain lawful permanent residence (a green card) in the U.S. Several lawsuits challenging the rule are working through the courts. However, the new rules are now in effect in all states. These FAQs can be used to help answer patients’ questions and to connect patients to legal and other resources.
Using Community Health Workers to Expand Access in Rural Areas
On this Advancing Health podcast, John Supplitt, AHA senior director, speaks to two rural hospital leaders about the importance of implementing an effective community health worker program to expand health care access.
Growing List of Competitors Targets Physician Practices
A new AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Insights Report “Evolving Physician-Practice Ownership Models” explores the role of physicians at the center of the health care value equation, analyzes emerging investor types, strategic implications for hospitals and health systems and organizational threats and opportunities.
AONL Announces Recipients of Annual Membership Awards
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The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) today announced the recipients of its 2020 awards, which highlight AONL members, a hospital and state affiliate demonstrating exemplary leadership practices. AONL will honor the recipients during its annual conference March 19-21 in Nashville, Tenn.
Market Insights: Evolving Physician-Practice Ownership Models
Physician-practice acquisitions and/or equity investment by such nontraditional players as health plans, private-equity investors, venture capitalists and large employers is an increasing trend. These new entrants give physicians new options for where and how to work. In the shift to value-based care, private-equity firms and new investors can provide physician practices with capital for investments, streamline administrative tasks, use economies of scale for purchasing, improve billing practices, bring in common-practice support tools and analytics, and expand services through digital technology and telehealth. What they promise to deliver is similar to what hospitals and health systems are trying to achieve in the transition to value-based care.