Services

Strategic Planning

AHO partners with organizations to balance known mission-driven value propositions with alternative growth prospects. We provide annual and triennial strategic planning, business development, stakeholder engagement, collaborative partnership development, proposal response modeling, teaming and writing, and public speaking.

Health Policy

AHO is a healthcare consulting firm for public, private and nonprofit stakeholders in traditional and matrix organizations offering public health thought leadership related to policy formation, business development and accountability. We offer policy interpretation, analysis and strategic planning of public policy, rulemaking and healthcare regulations.

Measurement Science

AHO develops, harmonizes, supports endorsement, implements and maintains manual and electronic clinical quality measures for MIPS, clinical registries & local uses. Our measures reflect evidence-based care, high importance and usability, and are patient-centered. Collaborators include: CMS, AHRQ, AMA-PCPI, ABIM, ACEP, AAN and enumerable other public & private entities.

Practice Improvement

AHO employs contemporary performance science methodologies to improve clinical, patient and cost outcomes by focusing on high impact care delivery and burden reduction implementation strategies. We utilize accurate and timely data collection techniques, rapid-cycle sampling and iterative user-centric "tests of change".

Learning & Growing

AHO develops orientation, educational and instructional products for patients, providers and collaboratives building individual and team knowledge and professional competence. Select offerings include Measures 101, Measurement Science, Data Collection Methods, Measure Testing, Practice Improvement, and HIT Interoperability & Vocabulary Standardization.