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Register Now for the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference
More than 1,000 rural health leaders will gather in San Antonio Feb. 23-26 for the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference to share actionable strategies and resources on workforce shortages, financial instability, age-friendly care delivery, innovation, developing strong governance practices and other issues.
What’s Behind the Humana-Walmart Lease Deal to Provide Primary Care to Seniors?
Humana’s CenterWell will be leasing space to open 23 senior-focused primary care clinics outside former Walmart health clinics just three months after Walmart announced it was closing its 51 Walmart Health centers in five states and exiting its telehealth business.
3 Keys for Hospitals to Achieve Sustainable Financial Stability
C-suite executives will need to realize cost reductions of 15% to 20% by 2030 to create a foundation for long-term financial sustainability, a new Oliver Wyman analysis suggests.
Rural Hospital Reduces No-Shows with a Boost in Patient Engagement
Sparta Community Hospital, in a rural Illinois town about 50 miles southeast of St. Louis, is using proactive, patient-facing communication technology that integrates with its EHR system data to reach patients in a more user-friendly way to reduce its no-show rates.
Special Report: How Health Care Disruptors will Transform the Field in 2024
AHA Market Scan special report explores which companies aim to deliver transformational change in 2024.
AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference to Explore Innovative Approaches to Transform Care
The 2024 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference will feature top rural providers who will share actionable strategies and resources to improve access to care, leverage unique workforce approaches, implement digital technologies and prioritize health equity.
Will Walgreens, Walmart Value-based Care Plays Pay Off?
Walgreens last week entered into a strategic partnership with Pearl Health, a technology platform for primary care physicians in value-based care arrangements. Just days earlier, Bloomberg reported that Walmart was exploring the purchase of a majority stake in ChenMed, a value-based care organization of more than 125 primary care clinics in 15 states focused on treating older adults. The respective moves have some analysts questioning just how much the retailers could gain from these initiatives given that the companies have had difficulty to date showing positive financial returns for their hefty health care investments.
How to Achieve Digital Health Success
In today’s difficult financial environment amidst rising labor costs and staffing shortages, many health care organizations are prioritizing technology investments to improve operations.
3 Keys to Addressing the Rural Maternal Health Crisis
Rural hospitals, which deliver about one in 10 babies nationally each year, have been closing in significant numbers. Despite the challenging environment, rural hospitals and health systems are taking traditional and innovative approaches to build or expand their maternal health programs.
Optum Looks to Expand Value-Based Care Offerings through Integrated Approach
Optum states that it expects to treat 4 million people in accountable care models this year, a whopping increase from the 1.8 million patients it treated in these programs in 2022.