ASHNHA Publications

• NEW! ASHNHA Workplace violence legislation toolkit Oct. 2018 – This toolkit is a resource to help hospital leaders communicate changes in the law to staff, work with law enforcement, and develop comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans.
• 2018 ASHNHA Annual Report – This report provides an update on ASHNHA’s strategic priorities while outlining important governance, communication, and financial information.
• Factors Impacting the Cost of Health Care – 2018
• ASHNHA Analysis ACA Replacement – ASHNHA analysis of the Alaska-specific impacts of the American Health Care Act, the House proposed ACA repeal legislation.
• Health Facility Data Reporting Program Guidelines – Guidelines for the implementation of the Alaska Health Facilities Data Reporting Program (HFDR).
• 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
• Telemedicine Legislation and Payment and Regulation 2015
• 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
• Rural Hospitals At Risk This document provides an overview of Critical Access Hospitals in Alaska. November 2018
• 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.