Resources/Publications

IHA Resources/Publications

• Illinois Hospitals and Health Systems $78.7 Billion State Economic Impact (2012 Economic Impact report)
  • IHA Press Release: Illinois Hospitals Generate $78.7 Billion Annual Impact on State's Economy (2/20/12)
• IHA's 2012 State Advocacy Agenda: Keeping Hospitals Healthy = Keeping Illinois Strong
• Legislative Visits - The Cornerstone of Effective Advocacy (IHA guide to assist hospital leaders and their staff schedule and conduct visits with their legislators. Note: PDF contains links to Word templates for your customization)
• 2011 Community Benefits Report - Illinois Hospitals: Cornerstones of Health. Foundations of the Community.
  • Illinois Hospitals Contribute More Than $4.6 Billion Annually in Community Benefits (IHA Press Release - 1/11/12)
• 2011 Annual Report: Bold Leadership for Tomorrow's Health Care
• 2011 Federal Advocacy Agenda: Sustaining, Transitioning and Transforming Illinois Health Care
  View report.
• 2011 Federal Directory: 112th Congress
  View report.
• CON Docket
  Summary of actions of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. View current and past issues.
• Observation Stays - Responding to feedback from members and legislators asking for educational materials to help explain observation care, specifically how it relates to Medicare billing and three-day-stay requirements for skilled nursing care, the following IHA resources have been developed to enhance providers' and patients' understanding of observation care - View resource tools. 
• Profiles: Health Care Leadership and Innovation
  IHA series showcasing the extraordinary work that hospitals across Illinois are doing to provide excellence and innovation in health care as well as the critical role they are playing in the transformation of health care. Read the publications.
• Quality Care Institute
  • PREP: Preventing Readmissions through Effective Partnerships
  • Quality Quest: Fall 2011
  • Quality Quarterly: Spring 2011
  • Quality Quarterly: Fall 2010
• Record Retention Reference
  The Record Retention Reference is a valuable resource for the state and federal laws pertaining to the retention of records commonly generated by hospitals, including those related to accounting, administration, clinical, human resources, laboratory, nursing, and more. More information and download order form. 
• Shaping the Debate: Focusing on Critical Illinois Health Care Issues (May 2011)
  This issue looks at the state's deteriorating behavioral health system and the challenges that Illinois hospitals face as they encounter a steadily increasing number of persons in their emergency departments, medical beds and specialty facilities. Click here to read press release.
• Videos and Podcasts
  Listing of IHA videos and podcasts.

IHA Member Hospitals

• All members
• Critical Access Hospitals
• Investor-Owned Hospital Constituency Section
• Small & Rural Hospital Constituency Section

Miscellaneous:

• EMTALA Signage Requirements
  Summary of requirement under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) for hospitals to post signs in the emergency department as well as certain off-campus and outpatient departments, including a form to order English and Spanish versions of the required EMTALA signs. View summary and download order form.
• Physician Workforce Study
  2010 Illinois New Physician Workforce Study
• UB-04 Data Specifications Manual