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Bed Occupancy Percentage Over Time Animated Maps

AHA Data has created dynamic maps that show bed occupancy percentage, including ICU beds, by Health Referral Region (HRR), by Health Service Area (HSA), and by Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA), with the ability to animate the maps to show occupancy percentage over time.
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HHS Revises Hospital COVID-19 Data Reporting

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today updated its guidance to hospitals on the reporting of COVID-19-related data.

A New Solution to Benchmark Claims Data and Enhance Strategic Decision-Making

A recent AHA survey of hospitals and health systems found that 89% of respondents experienced an increase in payment denials over the past three years, and 51% reported experiencing a “significant” increase in denials.

New Solution Helps to Address Unfair Commercial Health Care Plans

To help members reduce the significant operational challenges caused by some of these commercial payer issues, the AHA has also launched a new solution, the AHA Vitality Index.

Rule requires health plans to submit prescription drug, health care spending data

The administration issued an interim final rule requiring health plans to begin submitting annual information next year on prescription drug coverage and spending, including the most frequently dispensed and costliest drugs, and information on prescription drug rebates and their impact on premiums and out-of-pocket spending.

CMS webinar Nov. 10 on PAMA clinical laboratory data reporting

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a webinar Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m. ET on the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule private payor data collection and reporting policies.

Loyal and LifePoint Partner to Improve the Patient Experience

In a move designed to help patients more easily navigate their care, LifePoint Health has signed a five-year strategic partnership with tech startup Loyal to deploy its new artificial intelligence (AI) multi-experience platform across its 80 hospitals.

Blog: New solution to benchmark claims data and enhance strategic decision-making

Gloria Kupferman, AHA’s chief data strategy officer, describes a new benchmarking resource that gives AHA members access to aggregated, de-identified hospital data with standardized metrics on denials, reimbursement and claims processing, to use for analyzing operational and financial efficiency.

Mount Sinai Puts New AI Department at the Center of Patient Care

Building on the foundation it laid in 2019 with its Digital Institute for Health, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health in New York City has launched the department of artificial intelligence and human health.