The American Hospital Association shared a new report highlighting a subset of urban safety net hospitals the industry group said deserves a new federal designation and funding support.
Dubbed Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals (MAHs), these urban hospitals are defined by AHA as those with greater-than-average rates of Medicaid inpatient utilization, higher disproportionate patient percentage and high per-bed uncompensated care costs, Fierce Healthcare reports.
Pointing to characteristic data collected by NORC at the University of Chicago, a social research organization contracted by the industry group, AHA said these hospitals already faced “ongoing, unique financial pressures” that have worsened with the pandemic. Read more.
