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The Next Generation of Community Health
Hospitals and health systems are on a journey that promises to take them to a place where they can improve the lives of thousands of people all at once, not just the health of one patient at a time … where their success in addressing the social determinants of health within the communities they serve will be as important as the high-quality medical care they provide within their four walls. It’s a journey described in the AHA Committee on Research’s new report, “The Next Generation of Community Health.”
CMS proposes changes to hip and knee bundled payment program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 20 issued a rule proposing changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, which bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery.
Resources highlight ACO care coordination, patient engagement strategies
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released toolkits highlighting care coordination and patient engagement strategies from Medicare accountable care organizations.
HHS to host summit on streamlining, improving quality programs
HHS will bring together key health care stakeholders and government leaders to discuss how current quality programs can deliver better outcomes for patients.
Celebrate Your Hospital
As AHA President Rick Pollack noted in his Friday blog post, this week we come together to celebrate the more
AHA Forum Explores How Health Care is Transforming
During a period of unprecedented change, hospitals and health systems are working to lead the transformation of care delivery by providing more coordinated, convenient and responsive care to patients and communities. That is the message hospital and health system leaders shared today during an AHA forum at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on how market forces are driving rapid change in the field.
Redefining the ‘H’
Health care is changing…and hospitals and health systems are transforming to meet the evolving needs of our patients and communities.
AHA Board Member Rob Casalou Discusses Focusing on the Consumer, Community Health
The Class of 2020 profiles the women and men who joined the AHA board this year.
Commentary paints incomplete picture of coordinated networks of care
“Competition? It’s What the Doctor Ordered” paints an incomplete picture of how coordinated networks of care among hospitals and health systems affect health care delivery. Not only does it leave out many key facts on the benefits to patients and communities…it also attempts to draw broad conclusions based on limited and incomparable studies and data.
Providence Health System Transitioning from Acute Care to New Types of Services
In an effort to make care more accessible to its changing community, Washington, D.C.-based Providence Health System will transition out of acute care services by the end of 2018 and will instead offer care coordination, telehealth services and virtual care, primary and urgent care, home care, community-based behavioral health care, senior care and more, the organization said in a statement.