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The Safety Net Pulse

The Safety Net Pulse

by America's Essential Hospitals

Government Medicine

Season 2

2026 Gage Award Honorable Mentions

Learn more about the programs that received honorable mention at the 2026 Gage Awards. Featured programs include a TMC Health initiative to improve access to cardiac rehabilitation among rural populations, a Hennepin Healthcare program to improve the health of physician trainees, and a NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue program to reduce emergency department boarding.

Care Beyond Hospital Walls

Like many essential hospitals, Cambridge Health Alliance has a deep connection with the community, working every day to achieve better outcomes. Learn more about how they do it from their CEO, Assaad Sayah, MD, on this episode of The Safety Net Pulse.

Innovative Breakthroughs in Mobile Health

Mobile health care is a successful form of care delivery that can bring incredible value to health care systems. Memorial Healthcare System in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has embedded itself in its community through its robust mobile health program. On this episode of The Safety Net Pulse, we get to hear about the program's origin, activities, challenges, and future direction in an insightful conversation with its leaders. More mobile health resources: Report: Delivering Care Beyond Hospital Walls: Best Practices in Mobile Health Webinar: Strengthening Mobile Health Programs at Essential Hospitals

Convenience and Community: Remote Cardiac Rehab at TMC Health

Cardiac rehab plays a huge role in the outcomes for cardiac patients. But getting this care can be difficult in rural settings. Essential Hospital TMC Health in Tucson, Arizona knows this firsthand. Their Heart Close to Home program has helped to close this gap in care and improve access. We hear from their experts on how this program was implemented.

Local Funding for Hospitals 101

We sit down with experts to discuss the mechanics of local funding for hospitals and how the looming Medicaid cuts will impact this funding in the future. You can learn more by downloading our brief on the topic here: Public Funds Sustain Essential Hospitals.

Understanding Why Essential Hospitals Are So Critical to the Nation's Health

America's Essential Hospitals new president and CEO, Jennifer DeCubellis, sits down to discuss her pathway to this new role, why our members are so critical in this challenging health care environment, and even a little bit of music history!

Season 1

How Essential Hospitals Manage the Weight of Uncompensated Care

Essential hospitals provide large, and likely drastically increasing, amounts of uncompensated care to patients. Learn more about the impact of uncompensated care on essential hospitals and how they adapt to be able to continue serving in their communities.

Medicaid State Directed Payments: A Lifeline for Essential Hospitals and the Communities They Serve

Essential Hospitals leverage Medicaid state directed payments (SDPs) to ensure the ability to provide quality care to all who come through their doors. In this episode, explore how our members rely on SDPs to meet the needs of patients, regardless of ability to pay.

Essential Hospitals Facilitate Rural Access to Care

Essential Hospitals play an indispensable role in keeping all Americans healthy, including rural Americans. In this episode, explore how our members meet patients where they are through integrated systems of care and training of health care providers.

Beyond the Pandemic: The Future of Telehealth at Essential Hospitals

In communities that otherwise lack access to care, essential hospitals reach outside their walls to meet patients’ needs. Telehealth services have proved to be an important tool for providers to increase access to care for underserved populations. In this episode, learn how essential hospitals use telehealth to provide patient-centered care that best meets the unique needs and circumstances of individuals and communities.

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