In an op-ed piece, Stacey Hughes, AHA’s executive vice president for government relations and public policy, urged Congress to step up to the plate and support hospitals amid unprecedented fiscal challenges, including escalating costs and workforce issues, each compounded by inflation and the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Not all hospital-level care needs to take place in a hospital.
Since it was first announced in November 2020, CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program has allowed organizations to provide acute care to qualifying patients in their homes rather than in the traditional setting.
In a survey conducted by the Business Group on Health, 74% of the 165 large employers surveyed said that virtual care will have a major impact on future care delivery. People working at most large employers will see access to telehealth, virtual mental health, and virtual resiliency offerings. However, 57% of surveyed employers expressed concern about the quality of care through virtual platforms.
In its “America’s Best Employers by State” list, Forbes included 262 hospitals and health systems. This ranking was formed based on surveying about 70,000 employees working for businesses with more than 500 employees.
Ciox Health agreed to pay $1.85 million to resolve class action lawsuit claims it charged unfair fees to send consumers electronic copies of their health records.
