Articles
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, Leadership
AHA responds to NY Times article spotlighting study on Provider Relief Fund
The authors of a recent study that looked at CARES Act Provider Relief Funds allocated to health care institutions made arbitrary choices about which payments to include in the analysis. This resulted in incomplete or skewed findings.
Quality & Patient Safety, Leadership
Perspective: Streamlining Prior Authorization Requirements to Improve Patient Care
Medicare Advantage plans provide essential health insurance coverage for approximately 22 million Americans, or about one-third of all Medicare beneficiaries.
Cybersecurity, Leadership
Perspective: Cybersecurity Must Be a Priority Each and Every Day
Cybercrimes directed against hospitals and health systems have been on a massive upswing worldwide for several years, accelerating even more during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health Insurance, Leadership, Commercial Insurer Accountability
Perspective: Confronting Commercial Insurers’ Practices that Threaten Patient Care
Hospitals and health systems put the health and welfare of their patients first. For some of the nation’s largest commercial health insurers, unfortunately, that is not always the case.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics, COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Perspective: Upcoming CMS Mandatory Vaccination Rules Should be Feasible, Transparent and Fair
Getting all health care personnel vaccinated against COVID-19 is the right thing to do to keep patients, staff and communities safe. Using a federal regulatory approach to achieve this important goal introduces new challenges that the AHA is working to address.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Leadership
Perspective: COVID-19 Challenges Continue and Continued Support Needed
The optimism of early summer that we were turning the corner on COVID-19 has been replaced with hard reality. The pandemic will be with us for the foreseeable future, affecting not only our nation’s health, but also hospitals’ and health systems’ ability to improve it.
Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Perspective: All Eyes and Efforts on Capitol Hill
For nearly 20 grueling months, hospitals and health systems – and their steadfast front-line caregivers – have risen to the incredible challenges caused by COVID-19.
Leadership
Perspective: For Every Situation, Hospitals Are There
It’s hard to believe 20 years have passed since Americans watched in shock and horror the events that unfolded in New York City, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics, Leadership
Perspective: Information is Key as Children Return to School
As of now, most school districts have opened or plan to reopen this month or next, so the return to in-person schooling is underway. Many kids — not to mention their parents — eagerly await the day.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Leadership
Perspective: Sharing Knowledge, Experiences to Advance Health
COVID-19 has posed a steep learning curve for health care providers over the past 18 months. Hospitals and health systems have responded by sharing more knowledge, insight and best practices with each other than ever before.