Issues and Priorities

How we care for the common good

Everyone should have access to high-quality, comprehensive health care. This is our truth as detailed in our Essential Elements that define health care transformation and that reflect our commitment to putting patients first. And it's why we advocate for public policies that Care for the Common Good.

When we say we are a Ministry of people caring for people, we mean the more than 30 million people, across the 26 states of our health care delivery system serves.

We accept that to improve the health of the communities we serve, we need to sustain our not-for-profit, faith-based mission, improve community health and grow our workforce.

Our leaders, colleagues, and stakeholders are dedicated to influencing public policies and regulatory issues to ensure we improve the health of each person we serve – especially those who are most vulnerable – so that we will continue to be the most trusted health partner for life.

We are committed to using our voice to:

Sustain our Not-For-Profit, Faith-Based Mission
The cost of operating health systems is increasing, yet payors are decreasing reimbursement and private equity is “cherry-picking” services critical to a positive margin. Additionally, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement should reflect the cost of delivering care and advance the right care, in the right setting, at the right time.

Improve Community Health 
When 80% of our health is attributed to factors outside of a hospital, we must bridge clinical and social care to reduce chronic conditions and hospitalizations and ensure access to care which is critical.

Grow Workforce 
Support is needed for health systems to grow the workforce pipeline and innovate care delivery.

A more comprehensive review of our specific areas of focus, complete with recommendations, can be found in the following policy and story cards.

SUSTAIN OUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, FAITH-BASED MISSION

• Ensuring Access for Medicare Beneficiaries
• Protect the 340B Drug Pricing Program
• Protecting Home Health and Hospice: Meeting the Needs of Patients
• Provider Driven Value-Based Care: Improving Health Outcomes for Patients
• Ensuring Fair Coverage for Medicare Advantage Members
• Medicaid Total Cost of Care: Supporting Better Outcomes & Lower Cost
• PACE: Caring for the Frail Elderly in the Value Based Care Payment Model
• Ensuring Fair Coverage for Patients and Providers
• Delivering High-Value Care: Our Innovation Story
• Alternative Payment Models: The Path to Increased Health Care Resiliency
• Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH

• Trinity Health: Sharing Our Telehealth Story
• Improving Healthy Food Access: A Pillar of Good Health
• Addressing Disparities in Maternal Health Outcomes
• Behavioral Health: Pandemic Leads to Greater Access Challenges
• Housing for Health
• Section 1332 Innovation Waivers

GROW WORKFORCE

• The Physician Agenda
• Commitment to Safety: Confront Violence & Improve Health of Communities
• Rebuilding America's Workforce: Our Story
• Workforce: The Nursing Agenda
• Addressing Health Care Workforce Challenges
• Community Health Workers: Supporting a High Functioning Workforce

For more information about our Trinity Health Advocacy policy Issues and Priorities, please contact us via email at: advocacy@trinity-health.org.