Better Together:
Arizona's Hospitals Advocate for Patients

The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) is a statewide trade association representing hospitals, healthcare systems, affiliated health organizations, and the patients and communities they serve. With a mission of sustaining and improving the health of Arizonans, AzHHA supports its members by providing advocacy, education and services.
Doctors Transform How They Practice Medicine kaiserhealthnews.org | 5/15/2013
Dr. Thomas Bellavia transformed his traditional medical practice in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., into a so-called medical home where patients are seen by teams of doctors and nurses. He says it has paid off in better, more coordinated care for his patients and healthier income for the nurse practitioners and physicians in his group. Dr. Mark Holthouse took a different tack -- limiting his El...
TGen tapped to study football concussions, treatment azcentral.com | 5/15/2013
Sports-helmet maker Riddell on Tuesday announced it will join Phoenix-based TGen to study concussion detection and treatment to better monitor football players, research that could lead to development of safer helmets. Both entities said the study will combine players’ genetic information with Riddell’s monitoring technology, which provides information on the number and severity of head blows...
The governor’s team was here; did they succeed (to... eacourier.com | 5/15/2013
For some reason, our Republican governor sent her “A-Team” here to our Valley on May 2 to express her “financial reasons” to support her nonconservative, progressive desire to expand Medicaid. If Medicaid is expanded, it will assist the Obama administration in its frenzied attempt to make Obamacare fully implemented. How will that happen, you say? Expanded Medicaid is one of two legs needed by...
Fiscal risks of not expanding Medicaid azcentral.com | 5/15/2013
Opponents of Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion proposal are recklessly minimizing the risk to the state’s fisc of not participating. Arizona is in an unusual position regarding this issue. Most states offer very little Medicaid coverage to childless adults. So, for them, expanding coverage to 133 percent of the federal poverty level is a very big step. And even the 10 percent of that expans...
Genetic testing giving people more options than ever azcentral.com | 5/15/2013
On Tuesday, superstar Angelina Jolie revealed she had both breasts removed because genetic testing showed she had a high risk for cancer. The same day, the federal government gave pharmaceutical giant Roche approval for a genetic test that will help identify patients who may respond to a lung-cancer drug. And in Phoenix, TGen announced a partnership with helmet-maker Riddell to find geneti...
Ideology blinding Medicaid opponents Flagstaff Arizona Daily Sun | 5/15/2013
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Medicaid expansion deserves up-or-down vote in Leg... Flagstaff Arizona Daily Sun | 5/15/2013
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My Turn: Mental Health Awareness: We couldn't do w... Camp Verde Bugle | 5/15/2013
Robert Cartia Mental Health Awareness Month was established in 1949 to help bring attention to the importance mental health plays in Americans' lives. The observance provides an opportunity to look back at how far we've come, while looking forward to the work that still remains. Mental Health Awareness Month is a good time for all of us to remind ourselves that mental illness affects every...
Promoting mental health awareness Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun | 5/15/2013
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services, or SEABHS, wants people to have open discussions about mental health issues while removing the stigma attached to those who suffer from mental illness. In celebration of the national designation and in an attempt to raise awareness about mental health disorders, SEABHS held a community event at Lions...
Plan To Expand Ahcccs Triggers Civil War Among Rep... Payson Roundup | 5/15/2013
Photo by Andy Towle Gov. Jan Brewer’s effort to accept federal money to cover about 380,000 low-income Arizona residents has touched off a Civil War within Republican ranks, with normally ignored Democratic lawmakers standing by in bemusement. The latest twist in the strange saga turns on efforts by some Republican lawmakers to add a provision to...

Restoring Arizona website Promotes Support for Governor Brewer's Medicaid Restoration and Expansion Plan

Take some time and visit
www.RestoringArizona.com

This website is designed to provide information that offers a complete picture about Arizona's healthcare future and gives users a straightforward way to communicate their thoughts with legislators. The website features the latest on the Medicaid discussion and helps people understand how the plan is set to impact Arizona citizens and healthcare providers.

The site allows people in Arizona to read about the issue, take action, and communicate with legislators. Take action today and encourage your legislator to stop the hidden healthcare tax and support the Governor’s Medicaid plan.

AzHHA’s webpage, Revitalize and Empower Arizona, also provides helpful communication tools, collateral materials and links to support efforts to restore and expand Medicaid. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Arizona PATIENT EDUCATION CENTER

The Arizona Patient Education Center is an initiative developed by the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association to provide consumers the best resources available to make informed decisions about hospital pricing, patient safety and other helpful tips. Our goal is to provide consumer resources in a central location in a user-friendly format. AzHHA strives to make the healthcare delivery system transparent so patients can find affordable and accessible healthcare options.