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Trendwatch Issue Brief 4: Advanced Use of Health Information Technology to Support New Models of Care

This brief is the fourth in a series of issue briefs highlighting data from the 2016 AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement for community hospitals collected November 2016 – April 2017. This fourth brief compares the use of health IT by hospitals and health systems that are participating in new models of care with those that are not. Hospitals and health systems are considered to be participating in new models of care if they reported having at least one of the following: an accountable care organization, a medical home program, or participation in a bundled payment program. In the 2016/2017 survey, 41 percent of responding hospitals reported that they participated in new models of care, up from 19 percent of respondents in 2012.
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AHA Advertorial: Doing Our Part to Control Costs and Improve Value for Patients

The affordability of health care services is one of the biggest concerns facing families, as well as employers and government. However, it is a challenge that hospitals and health systems are tackling head on. Hospitals are making care more affordable in four key ways.
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AHA Statement Providing Input on the Implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System

Statement of the American Hospital Association before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives providing input on the implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, which is part of the Quality Payment Program mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
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AHA Comments on CMS' Agency Information Collection Notice on the Home Health “Review Choice” Demonstration

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' agency information collection notice on the home health “Review Choice” demonstration.

The American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize® Honorees Booklet

The American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize is presented annually to honor health care leadership and innovation in achieving quality health care and advancing health in communities.
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AHA Shares Value-Based Care Recommendations with Congressional Caucus

AHA shares Value-Based Care recommendations with Congressional Caucus.
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AHA Special Bulletin: CMS Issues FY 2019 Final Rules for IRF PPS and SNF PPS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 31 issued final rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility and the skilled nursing facility prospective payment systems for fiscal year 2019.
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Behavioral Health Update: August 2018 Cover

Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: August 2018 Highlights
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AHA responds to CMS's RFI on reducing regulatory burden of the Stark Law

RE: CMS-1720-NC, Request for Information Regarding the Physician Self-referral Law