Framing Value & Affordability
The Value Initiative is creating resources to frame the issues of value and affordability. Hospitals can use these resources to initiate conversations with stakeholders in their communities.
The Value Initiative: Framing the Issue of Affordable Health Care
Hospitals are driving value in their communities
Affordable health care is one of the biggest concerns facing families, employers and government, and America’s hospitals are tackling the challenge head on. Through AHA’s The Value Initiative, we are leading the health care field on the issues of affordability and value.
The Value Initiative:
- Frames the issues of value and affordability for hospitals, health system and other stakeholders.
- Provides education, resources and tools for hospitals to advance affordable health care and promote value.
- Gathers data, stories and hospital experiences to develop and support federal policy solutions.
- Builds a platform through which AHA drives a national dialogue with policymakers and other stakeholders to develop solutions that improve affordability.
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Members in Action
Hospitals are driving value and affordability through redesigning the delivery system, managing risk and new payment models, improving quality and outcomes, and implementing operational solutions.
Promoting Value
The Value Initiative is developing resources to guide your value journey.
Value & Affordability Data
AHA’s Data Resources include customizable tools that provide a picture of national health spending and affordability from the perspective of a variety of stakeholders.
Education
The Value Initiative offers in-person and virtual learning opportunities to support your value and affordability journey.
From Paper to Action
As The Value Initiative’s efforts go forward, we will take this work From Paper to Action. This effort empowers hospitals, health systems and community organizations with tools and resources to implement four low-tech, value-based strategies that improve outcomes, enhance patient experience, while reducing costs.
Voices on Value Series
This series will share diverse - and sometimes provocative - viewpoints on affordability from top thought leaders from inside and outside of health care. As such, opinions expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the policy of the American Hospital Association.
Affordability Advocacy Agenda
Our shared focus with Congress and Administration is on providing relief from the pandemic, ensuring a smooth recovery, and rebuilding a better health care system for the future. The American Hospital Association continues to incorporate principles that promote improved affordability, value, and equity into our policy and advocacy activities.