Better Together:
Arizona's Hospitals Advocate for Patients
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) is a statewide trade association
representing hospitals, healthcare systems, affiliated health organizations, and
the patients and communities they serve. With a mission of sustaining and improving the
health of Arizonans, AzHHA supports its members by providing advocacy, education and services.
Some Cuts Don’t Heal: A Grassroots Advocacy Website
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) is pleased to launch Some Cuts Don't Heal, a grassroots advocacy website to
increase awareness of cuts to our state’s Medicaid program and promote our proposed alternative, the special
healthcare assessment. Please
click here to learn how these cuts will affect healthcare in
Arizona and to let your lawmakers know there is an alternative.
coalition launches "don't hurt the ones you love" campaign
The Coalition to Protect America's Health Care launched the "Don't hurt the ones you love" campaign, urging lawmakers to oppose any further federal reductions to hospital care as part of any debt-limit/deficit reduction agreement. The Coalition is an organization of hospitals and national, state, regional and metropolitan associations united with the business community to protect and preserve the financial viability of America's hospitals. Please contact your lawmakers and reinforce this important message.
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ARIZONA HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION'S HEALTH REFORM
WEB PAGE
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(ACA). The following week, the president signed into law H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which made modifications to H.R. 3590. Together, these bills constitute the largest change to America’s healthcare system since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Navigating the New Normal
2012 AzHHA Annual Membership Conference
September 27-28, 2012
The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, Marana, AZ
This conference will provide a forum for our hospital members to
navigate the new normal together,
not only to learn about the changing healthcare landscape but to define and redefine our path to
greater success. We have top-notch educational sessions featuring leading experts on the latest
healthcare issues.
Click to
preview the conference agenda, featured speakers and additional information regarding what this
conference has to offer.
HQA Updates Hospital Compare Data
The Hospital Quality Alliance updated the Hospital Compare website with the latest hospital inpatient and outpatient quality data, including the yearly update of 30-day readmission and mortality rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia inpatients. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the national mortality and readmission rates for heart attack were slightly lower this year, while the rates for heart failure and pneumonia were slightly higher.