Executive Briefings

Executive Briefing

Hospitals and housing

Hospital leaders around the country are addressing housing problems to improve population health

March 12, 2018

American Hospital Association (AHA), Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), and Association for Community Health Improvement

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Homelessness, unsafe housing and unstable housing situations can contribute to poor physical and mental health.

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Planning the workforce of the future

Hospital boards should make workforce issues part of strategy

May 8, 2017

AHA Committee on Performance Improvement

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Hospital boards should make sure that workforce issues are part of the strategic process.

Executive Briefing

Quality measurement: Making it meaningful

American Hospital Association working to streamline, prioritize efforts to measure quality of care

October 10, 2016

Akin Demehin

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The American Hospital Association is working with federal officials to streamline and prioritize efforts to measure and report quality of care.

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The Ins and Outs of Physician Payment After Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Reform

A summary of key aspects of the new Mediare physician payment system and the implications for hospitals.

March 14, 2016

Akin Demehin and Melissa Jackson

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A summary of key aspects of the new Mediare physician payment system and the implications for hospitals.

Executive Briefings

How Hospitals Can Make the Best Use of Social Media

Digital and Social Media Engagement

October 12, 2015

AHA Society for Healthcare Strategy and Marketing Development (SHSMD)

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Digital and Social Media Engagement

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Rethinking the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

Reducing readmissions is a complex undertaking because not all readmissions can or should be prevented.

May 11, 2015

Akin Demehin and Michael Ward

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Reducing readmissions is a complex undertaking because not all readmissions can or should be prevented.

Executive Briefings

The Promise of Telehealth

We take a look at how the mainstream is adopting this means of care delivery.

March 9, 2015

Debi H. Tucker

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We take a look at how the mainstream is adopting this means of care delivery.

Executiver Briefings

The Implications of Consumer Choice in Coverage and Care

As the insurance marketplace becomes increasingly driven by consumers, transparency and quality are put at a premium.

October 13, 2014

American Hospital Association (AHA)

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As the insurance marketplace becomes increasingly driven by consumers, transparency and quality are put at a premium.

Executive Briefings

The Second Curve of Population Health

Part of the road map to a transformed health care system, these tactics create a framework for population health infrastructure.

May 12, 2014

Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence (HPOE) / HRET

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Part of the road map to a transformed health care system, these tactics create a framework for population health infrastructure.

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Tomorrow's Health Care Workplace

Health care leaders prepare for, plan and adapt to health care transformation challenges.

March 10, 2014

American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA)

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Health care leaders prepare for, plan and adapt to health care transformation challenges.

Executive Briefings

A Trustee's Guide to Common ACA Questions

One of the most significant pieces of the Affordable Care Act, the requirement that individuals be insured or pay a tax penalty, takes effect in January.

October 7, 2013

Trustee Staff

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One of the most significant pieces of the Affordable Care Act, the requirement that individuals be insured or pay a tax penalty, takes effect in January.

Executive Briefings

Health Insurance Exchanges

Health insurance exchanges — both public and private — will create an irreversible shift in the insurance market that ultimately will change the way medical care is sold in the United States.

March 4, 2013

Ceci Connolly and Jeff Gitlin

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Health insurance exchanges — both public and private — will create an irreversible shift in the insurance market that ultimately will change the way medical care is sold in the United States.

Executive Briefings

Achieving Fiscal Fitness

The simple truth of health system reform is this: Hospitals will have to do more with less.

October 8, 2012

Howard Larkin

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The simple truth of health system reform is this: Hospitals will have to do more with less.

Executive Briefings

Caring for Vulnerable Populations

Approximately 9.2 million Medicaid beneficiaries are dual eligibles - low-income seniors and younger persons with disabilities who are enrolled in both the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

June 4, 2012

AHA Committee on Research

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Approximately 9.2 million Medicaid beneficiaries are dual eligibles - low-income seniors and younger persons with disabilities who are enrolled in both the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Executive Briefings

The Patient-Centered Medical Home

The major thrust of health reform, both public and private, is reducing costs while improving quality, patient safety, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes.

March 12, 2012

Howard Larkin

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The major thrust of health reform, both public and private, is reducing costs while improving quality, patient safety, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes.

Executive Briefings

Community Health Needs Assessment

For many years, numerous hospitals have assessed the health needs of their communities as an expression of their mission and a component of their community health programs.

October 3, 2011

Michael Bilton

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For many years, numerous hospitals have assessed the health needs of their communities as an expression of their mission and a component of their community health programs.

Executive Briefings