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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Join us in celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month 2024 and learn how hospitals and health systems are addressing behavioral health care.
AHA Statement on Medicaid Managed Care Access, Finance and Quality Rule
The AHA appreciates that CMS acknowledges the critical role hospitals play in state Medicaid financing and the importance of supplemental payments to sustain beneficiary access to care in light of low Medicaid base payment rates, including rates paid through managed care organizations. I
CMS finalizes rules to improve Medicaid, CHIP access and payment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 22 finalized rules intended to improve access in both the Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care programs.
Massachusetts Medicaid demonstration expands services, continuous eligibility
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 19 approved an amendment to a Massachusetts Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program demonstration to add health-related social needs services; expand Marketplace subsidies and cost-sharing assistance; provide pre-release services to eligible incarcerated beneficiaries; and expand continuous eligibility to 24 months for older adults experiencing homelessness and 12 months for other adults.
Reps. Wenstrup, Bucshon and Kildee talk current state of Congress, look back on congressional careers
Three retiring members of Congress — Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., and Dan Kildee, D-Mich. — engaged in a genial conversation that covered the current state of Congress, as well as what they view as the major issues and possible solutions facing health care.
Telling the Hospital Story: Sutter Health
Sacramento-based Sutter Health wants to increase access to health care across the state. So they’re bringing doctors closer to patients by building more than two dozen ambulatory care centers around Northern California over the next four years.
Workplace Violence Prevention | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health system teams experienced violence, from bullying and incivility to active shooters, intimate partner violence, cyberattacks, homicides and suicides. However, the compounding trauma of the pandemic has heightened the need to create a safer workplace, both physically and psychologically, and a more resilient workforce.
Supporting Behavioral Health | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce
Reducing stigma and improving access to behavioral health services for the health care workforce, combined with fostering human resilience can improve mental and often physical health, reduce the total cost of care, reduce suicide, and support a healthy workforce.
Health Plan Accountability: November 2022 Update
The latest news on health plan accountability from the AHA for November 2022.
Business Intelligence Report | Digital Acceleration Drives Care Delivery Shifts
Hospitals and health systems rapidly expanded the use of digital technology as the pandemic rolled on in 2021. Telehealth visits, including phone and video consultations, soared as millions of patients opted for virtual care. Remote patient monitoring also grew sharply as provider organizations worked to deliver more personalized, connected care. These and other expanded uses of digital solutions are expected to continue once the pandemic subsides. Use the information in this report as you prepare for engaging hospitals and health systems.