Action Alert
黑料正能量 Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Reps. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., and Brad Schneider, D-Ill., are asking their House colleagues to sign onto a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reevaluate the agency鈥檚 fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule and consider鈥
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing June 8 at 10 a.m. on issues that affect hospitals and health systems.
Congress continues to discuss a number of proposals that would enact additional site-neutral payment cuts. The AHA strongly opposes these proposals because they would reduce Medicare payments to hospitals and health systems, creating a significantly negative impact on the field鈥檚 financial鈥
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., are asking their Senate colleagues to sign onto a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to re-evaluate the agency鈥檚 fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule and consider using鈥
Several House and Senate committees will hold hearings this week on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health May 17 is expected to mark up a series of proposed bills following a set of hearings on transparency and competition in health care. As part of its April 26 hearing, the subcommittee discussed 17 draft bills, some of which would be harmful to鈥
Urge Your Reps to Sign House 鈥楧ear Colleague鈥 Letter, Sponsor Bill to Stop Medicaid DSH Payment Cuts
Reps. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Dan Crenshaw, R-T.X., Diana DeGette, D-Colo.., and Michael Burgess, R-T.X., are spearheading a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥 letter urging House leadership to take action to prevent the pending cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, which are scheduled to鈥
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight April 26 will hold a hearing that will include discussion of hospitals鈥 and health systems鈥 status as tax-exempt organizations and the IRS鈥 community benefit standard. We ask that you reach out to your representative on the Ways and Means鈥
Several House subcommittees April 26 will hold hearings on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems, including transparency, site-neutral payment policies, tax-exempt status, workforce shortages and the Provider Relief Fund.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health is expected to hold a follow-up hearing on transparency and competition in health care. The AHA appreciates your outreach in advance of the March 28 hearing; however, based on the comments representatives made during the recent hearing, it is鈥