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AHRMM Statement on Comparative Effectiveness
Letter/Comment
AHRMM supports the concept and use of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to provide evidence-based data to help inform purchasing decisions.
Measuring the Correlation between Cost, Quality, and Outcomes in Healthcare
Advisory
Executive Summary
Today’s healthcare environment is rapidly changing.
After Discussions with AHA, UnitedHealthcare Alters GI Policy to Preempt Care Delays and Claims Denials
Following discussions between the American Hospital Association (AHA) and United Healthcare (UHC), the insurer late yesterday announced a refocused gastroenterology (GI) policy that relies on additional provider education rather than prior authorizations to address the insurer’s concerns about possible overutilization. The
AHA Letter to CMS on Establishment of a National Directory of Health Care Providers and Services (NDH)
The AHA shares CMS’ goals to improve patient access to provider information and to facilitate health information exchange and data reporting. However, we are concerned that adding one more provider directory requirement will not support patients in accessing the information they need about their care providers.
AHA Insights for Business
AHA Insights for Business Explore up-to-date content on the issues that occupy the minds of the nation’s hospital and health system leaders.
HHS Asked to Postpone Information Blocking Compliance Deadline
A coalition of organizations, including the AHA, urge the Department of Health and Human Services to consider postponing for one year the Oct. 6 deadline for health care providers to begin sharing all electronic protected health information in a designated record set, as defined under HIPAA, to ensure they understand the requirements and have the technology to support them.
Social Determinants of Health
The AHA is working to support hospitals and health systems as they address social determinants of health, eliminate health care disparities and provide comprehensive care to every patient in every community—all of which improve community health.
Fact Sheet: Uncompensated Hospital Care Cost
Each year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) publishes aggregate information on the level of uncompensated care – care provided for which no payment is received – delivered by all types of U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which Each year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) publishes aggregate information on the level of uncompensated care – care provided for which no payment is received – delivered by all types of U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which is the nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital financial data. This fact sheet provides the definition of uncompensated care and technical information on how this figure is calculated on a cost basis.