John Allison
Senior Associate Director of Health Analytics and Policy, American Hospital Association
John Allison is the senior associate director of Health Analytics and Policy at the American Hospital Association.
Articles
Mergers & Acquisitions
Physician Practice Acquisitions: What Drives Them and Implications for Consumers and Payers
Physicians are increasingly choosing to be employed instead of running their own small practices.
Price Transparency, Financial Management, Medicare, COVID-19: Coverage and Reimbursement, Setting the Record Straight
RAND 5.0 – The Health Policy Equivalent of Groundhog Day
By Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications, John Allison
The RAND Corporation recently released the fifth iteration of its biannual hospital price report. The AHA highlights the significant flaws in this latest iteration.
Uncompensated Care, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid, Access & Health Coverage, Medicare DSH
Unwise DSH Cuts Combined with Rise in Uncompensated Care Due to Medicaid Redeterminations Coverage Losses Further Threaten Hospitals’ Financial Stability
The Medicaid program now faces the most significant coverage challenge in more than a decade. Consequently, over the past few months, hospitals have started to see a substantial increase in uncompensated care.
Star Ratings
Blog: Understanding CMS’ Changes to Hospital Overall Star Ratings
In 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) overhauled the Hospital Overall Quality Star Ratings methodology with the expressed purpose of making ratings more transparent, equitable, stable and predictable.