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Case Studies

AHA Value Initiative Members in Action: Rush University Medical Center – Chicago, IL

Several years ago, Rush’s leaders—like many hospital administrators across the country—began preparing for the shift to value-based care. As part of those efforts, the Medical Center’s colorectal surgery team implemented the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program in 2014.
Issue Brief

Member Issue Brief: Implementing Patient Out-of-pocket Cost Estimators

This issue brief lays out the key components of effective online tools used by hospitals and health systems to help patients understand their potential out-of-pocket costs and highlights several different approaches providers have taken.
Testimony
Public

AHA House Statement on "ERISA’s 50th Anniversary: The Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care"

AHA comments in response to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce efforts to build upon and strengthen the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
News

AHA group for supply chain professionals names Schiller executive director

The AHA’s Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) has named as its new executive director Mike Schiller, who has served as interim executive director since late 2023 and has 35 years of leadership in the health care supply chain and association field.
Transformation Talks

Leveraging Outcomes-based Data to Excel in a Value-based World | Transformation Talks

How to deliver a more integrated, interoperable digital health ecosystem to ease stress on nurses and provide more time for patient.
Content
Public

[SPONSORED] PeaceHealth Lab Stewardship Improves Patient Outcomes and Financial Health

Ordering the right test at the right time is crucial to providing evidence-based patient care to achieve the highest quality outcomes.
Guides/Reports
Member

2021 Cost of Caring

Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to make care more cost-effective and efficient for their patients, at the same time that they are caring for the nation’s most complex and resource-intensive patients. This has been especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals and health systems have provided essential services and saved lives, while also facing unprecedented financial and operational challenges.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Can Concierge Care Achieve Its Potential?

Among the many emerging models of primary care from outside disruptors in the field, concierge medicine has been steadily gaining traction with patients. And over the past couple of years, a growing number of health systems have been partnering with One Medical, whose model has been linked to reductions in avoidable downstream health care costs.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

JPMorgan Chase Launches New Unit to Improve Care Quality for Employees

Just months after ending its Haven collaborative with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway to cut employee health care costs and improve quality, JPMorgan Chase is banking on a new model. It plans to invest up to $250 million in a new venture — Morgan Health — to improve outcomes and promote health equity.