ASHNHA Publications
- NEW! ASHNHA 2017 Annual Report – This report provides an update on ASHNHA’s strategic priorities while outlining important governance, communication, and financial information.
- ASHNHA Analysis ACA Replacement – ASHNHA analysis of the Alaska-specific impacts of the American Health Care Act, the House proposed ACA repeal legislation.
- ASHNHA 2016 Annual Report – This report provides an update on ASHNHA’s strategic priorities while outlining important governance, communication, and financial information.
- Alaska Health Facilities Data Reporting – Program Guidelines – Guidelines for the implementation of the Alaska Health Facilities Data Reporting Program (HFDR). Updated 10/26/16
- AHA Quality Advisory on Opioids – Ending the Opioid Epidemic: Patient Education Tools and Resources for Hospitals
- FCHIP Demo Project: Alaska White Paper – Frontier Community Health Integration Demonstration Program input from Alaska, 2012
- Provider Tax – Comprehensive overview of provider taxes and considerations for Alaska
- EMTALA Overview – Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Law Overview
- Always There, Ready to Provide Care – AHA report on the role of hospitals
- Telehealth Promise and Practice in Alaska This document provides an overview of telehealth in Alaska. July 2014
- Cost of Health Care in Alaska This document provides an explanation of the cost of health care in Alaska. January 2014
- Mandated Changes to Health Insurance Plans This document provides an explanation of the insurance plan key requirements and consumer protections mandated by the ACA. January 2014
- CAHs in Alaska This document provides an overview of Critical Access Hospitals in Alaska.
- Medicare Rural Community Hospital Demonstration This document summarizes Alaska hospitals involvement in the Medicare Rural Community Hospital Demonstration program.
- Alaska Medicaid DSH Payments The following document gives a brief overview of the way DSH funding is distributed in Alaska through Medicaid, and how changes prompted by passage of the Affordable Care Act are likely to affect Alaskan hospitals.
- Medicare Payment Changes – This summary is intended to support an understanding of existing Medicare provider cuts that Alaska hospitals and nursing homes are facing now and in the future.
- Alaska Medicaid Expansion Talking points from two studies – Medicaid in Alaska Under the ACA by the Urban Institute and Fiscal and Economic Impacts of Medicaid Expansion in Alaska by Northern Economics.
- ASHNHA Economic & Community Benefit of Hospitals This document is getting good reviews from legislators and policymakers. It summarizes the employment picture, rural challenges of care delivery, uncompensated care and cost issues.
- ASHNHA Hospital Dashboard – This document provides data on the key indicators influencing the cost of care in Alaska.