FAH Hospital Policy Blog

Perspectives on health policy affecting America's hospitals and the patients we serve.

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“Missing the Forest for the Trees” – How one study gets hospital coding changes wrong

December 06, 2024

By Don May, Senior Vice President of Policy, Federation of American Hospitals It is unfortunate a recent study by RAND published in Health Affairs contending that hospitals are inappropriately profiting from increased “upcoding” of patients […]

Rural Hospitals | FAH Policy Blog Team

Care Close to Home – FAH Celebrates Rural Hospital Week 2023

November 13, 2023

Every day, across our nation, millions of Americans in small communities depend on rural hospitals for crucial, and in some cases, lifesaving care. These facilities are often the sole comprehensive health provider in these areas […]

Physician-Owned Hospitals | FAH Policy Blog Team

Theories Don’t Replace Facts: Physician-owned Hospitals Cherry-pick Patients, Lead to Lower Quality and Less Access

October 18, 2023

By Chip Kahn, Federation of American Hospitals President and CEO, and Stacey Hughes, American Hospital Association Executive Vice President One of the tenets of our nation’s health care system is a level playing field in […]

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FAH Leaders Nominated for Modern Healthcare’s 2023 “100 Most Influential” List – Vote Now!

August 28, 2023

FAH is proud to announce that Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People In Healthcare” list of nominees contains 9 leaders from our membership, including FAH President & CEO Chip Kahn, the only person to have […]