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IHF’s Violence Against People in Hospitals White Paper
The purpose of this document is to present the outcomes of the survey and to understand what measures exist to prevent and face acts of violence within healthcare organizations.
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Professional Membership GroupsYour organization’s membership in the American Hospital Association connects you to the nation’s most powerful advocacy organization for hospitals.
White Paper: Medicare’s LTCH Outlier Policy Needs Reforms to Protect Extremely Ill Beneficiaries
Long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) play an important role for Medicare beneficiaries by caring for complex patients who
require extended hospitalization.
DOJ’s Surprise Withdrawal of the Health Care Antitrust Policy Statements
In early February 2023, a senior U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) official
abruptly announced that DOJ had withdrawn three longstanding statements of antitrust
enforcement policy in health care (Policy Statements).
Better Together: The Value of Scale
Spanning seven states, the Providence family of organizations delivers the same high standard of excellence in every area we serve, from rural communities to large cities. During more than 25 million patient visits each year, we are creating health for a better world and enabling our patients to find the care they need, closer to home.
Getting Ready for Post-Quantum Cryptography
William Barker
Dakota Consulting
Gaithersburg, MD
William Polk
Applied Cybersecurity Division
Information Technology Laboratory
Health Insurer Specialty Pharmacy Policies Threaten Patient Quality of Care
Regulators should prohibit health insurers from preventing hospitals and physicians in their networks from directly acquiring and storing drugs used in patient care. A number of large health insurers are requiring these providers to accept drugs purchased or handled by their own or affiliated pharmacies.
Addressing Commercial Health Plan Abuses to Ensure Fair Coverage for Patients and Providers
Health care coverage is eroding for many Americans as some health insurers are restricting access to services through administrative barriers and inappropriately withholding reimbursement from prov
Theft of Intellectual Property: Threats to Medical Research and Innovation
In this members-only white paper by the AHA Center for Health Innovation, John Riggi, senior adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the AHA, and Edward You, supervisory special agent for weapons of mass destruction at the FBI, outline growing concern among the FBI, Congress and some health care leaders about the theft of U.S. medical research intellectual property by foreign governments. Recently the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on foreign threats to taxpayer-funded research.