Public Policy Issues

ACHP shares the Institute of Medicine's goals for quality health care: health care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable. We are committed to advancing public policies to help achieve these goals.

Health Care Reform: Check here for the latest proposed legislation, studies and other resources related to heath care reform.

Federal Legislative Activity - Provides links to recently passed federal health care legislation, proposed legislation and congressional hearings and testimony.

Key Issues in National Health Care - Using data from leading sources, the series discusses important health care issues and trends in a manner accessible to a broad audience. We add new items on a regular basis and continuously update existing materials.  

Health Policy Resources - Provides links to congressional testimony, correspondence and other resource documents for key health care policy topics: Pay-for-Performance, Quality Measures and Reporting, Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans, Health Savings Accounts, Non-profit Status Issues, Coding Intensity/Adjustment of Medicare Advantage Risk Scores.