Understanding and navigating the health care environment is essential to MHA’s shared success with its member hospitals.
MHA is committed to delivering the products and services hospitals need when they need them. We are a dynamic, innovative and responsive organization that meets the varied needs of Missouri’s hospitals. We aim to continually develop tools and resources, and engage with diverse audiences with the goal of advancing health — and care — in the state and beyond. Visit these websites affiliated with MHA to learn more.
The MHA Health Institute is a not-for-profit corporation that is affiliated with MHA. Formed in 1965, MHI coordinates hospital educational programming to meet the educational requirements of hospital staff and assists in developing educational and scholarship programs designed for health care workforce expansion. MHI also supports research and other projects promoting improvements in quality, patient safety and population health. Various associations of health care employee groups organized under MHI promote networking and education for their respective groups.
MHA Management Services Corporation is a wholly-owned for-profit subsidiary of MHA. MSC develops and provides high-quality, market-driven programs and services to hospitals in Missouri and nationwide, on a self-sustaining basis, to enhance hospitals’ effectiveness.
The Hospital Industry Data Institute provides timely access to data and information services for hospitals to support their strategic planning, advocacy and health policy initiatives. With more than 40 years of experience in data collection, HIDI’s staff continues to build on its expertise in data collection, analytics and reporting. This not-for-profit organization, founded by MHA, continues to serve hospitals’ increasing needs for better data to make better decisions.
The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, led by the Missouri Hospital Association, is supported through grants and contracts in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
The MoPQC connects community, public health and clinical leaders to improve the care and support systems that lead to better health and health outcomes before, during and after a pregnancy.
Background Check Advantage® is the one-stop-shop for all background screening services. The reporting program for BCA is fully accessible through a secure online site, including order entry, results reporting and various management reports. Clients may customize many features in their online accounts, and the results from their requests are printed from the web in one concise report. BCA prides itself on providing exceptional customer service and free on-site training, as well as fast turnaround and competitive pricing.
Quality Works®, a subsidiary of MHA, is available to work in partnership with member hospital's staff to provide technical and adaptive support services for a nominal fee.
Services are based on available expertise:
Hospital-Based TeamSTEPPS® Training
Community Health Needs Assessments and Improvement Plan Services
Other requested customized services as appropriate
Missouri Health Matters is an online community of thousands of Missourians dedicated to improving health care in the state. Missouri Health Matters’ goal is to provide news and research to help our community build a better understanding of the issues and to offer avenues to make your voice heard.
Are you trying to find a career that’s right for you? Have you considered working in a hospital? Whether it’s patient care, medical records, food service or research, there’s a health career for almost everyone. Missouri Health Careers features information on health careers, educational programs and financial aid resources.
Enhance your own staff recruitment efforts through Missouri Hospital Jobs. This service allows MHA member hospitals and job seekers to connect through the National Healthcare Career Network.
Focus on Hospitals provides consumers with information about local hospitals. The site allows users to view data on hospitals’ community investment and the care provided by hospitals. It also provides resources on preventable hospitalizations and making informed health decisions.
The exploreMOhealth platform was created in partnership between Missouri Foundation for Health and the MHA Health Institute. By combining their resources, they created one of the most unique health-related datasets in the country. exploreMOhealth is designed to help stakeholders assess the health of their communities at the ZIP code level. This tool allows visitors to explore hyperlocal health data to better understand the factors that can influence health outcomes.
APS is a health care services organization owned by MHA and the Kansas Hospital Association. More than 300 Kansas and Missouri health care organizations rely on APS to share best practices and ideas for improvement, solve diverse operational challenges and save time and money across the health care supply chain. APS partners with members to expand purchasing power, reduce expenses, enhance revenues and streamline operations.
Why partner with APS?
Access to regional and national contracts
Award-winning, dedicated local client service representatives who work hand-in-hand with you to enhance revenue
Best pricing on medical/surgical products and pharmacy
Robust capital equipment program
Deep discounts with IDN agreements
No-cost access to a wide variety of workforce solutions through the APS Staffing Program
APS returns a portion of its revenue to its members
APS helps fund MHA’s innovative services and educational opportunities
Comprehensive Workforce Solutions
Through the ease of one contract and a turn-key process, the APS Staffing Program provides personnel resources from nearly 50 professional staffing firms. The program helps solve staffing shortages with temporary and permanent workforce solutions for both clinical and nonclinical positions.
Through its companies, Healthcare Services Group provides essential insurance coverage for health care providers, including professional and general liability, property and casualty, workers’ compensation, and employee benefits. The companies include the following.
Missouri Hospital Plan – the leading writer of professional and general liability coverage for not-for-profit hospitals in Missouri
Medical Liability Alliance – the largest Missouri-based writer of professional liability coverage of for-profit health care providers in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas
Providers Insurance Consultants – a full-service property and casualty insurance agency specializing in placing insurance coverage for health care providers and institutions
Healthcare Services Employee Benefits Consortium – a buying group of health care providers organized to leverage their collective size to reduce the cost of employee benefits, such health insurance, dental, vision, life, disability and retirement plans
Hospital Association Trust – a self-insurance trust for hospital workers’ compensation insurance, risk management, and claims administration
HSG Charitable Foundation – a charitable foundation built to fund health care programs that advance the quality of patient care, patient safety and community wellness
Created in 1999, The Health Alliance of MidAmerica is the first corporate affiliation between two state hospital associations, MHA and the Kansas Hospital Association. The Alliance was formed to create synergy and member value, enhance association effectiveness and leverage association resources, and strives to strengthen health care systems by providing trusted educational resources to caregiving organizations around the world..
Midwest Transplant Network is a federally certified, not-for-profit Organ Procurement Organization located in Kansas City, Mo., that works with donors, donor families, and hospitals, serving Kansas and western Missouri communities.
MidAmerica Transplant Services is a federally certified, not-for-profit Organ Procurement Organization located in St. Louis that works with donors, donor families, and hospitals, serving eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and northeast Arkansas.
