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Blogs from AHA leaders and members on the latest health care issues.
America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems have proven their dedication to caring for their patients and communities time and again, particularly during the challenging circumstances in recent years. Though the Lown Institute鈥檚 so-called 鈥淔air Share鈥 report highlights the important contributions of鈥
A March 14 editorial in the Washington Post calling for Congress to enact so-called site-neutral policies is deeply flawed and incredibly out of touch with the realities hospitals and health systems are experiencing right now.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) today released its annual March Report advising Congress on the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payment systems. In it, the commission recommended its highest ever Medicare payment update for hospitals and health systems, recognizing the dire鈥
Congress will return home for a short recess over the President鈥檚 Day holiday on Feb. 19. During this period, AHA members are urged to connect with their lawmakers to request hospitals are protected in new bills to fund the government beyond two March deadlines.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Jan. 17 finalized new regulations aimed at reforming the prior authorization process.
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates a stunning lack of understanding of the 340B drug pricing program and the overall landscape of drug pricing.
Once again, the anti-hospital, billionaire-backed Arnold Ventures is pushing its anti-hospital agenda with a 鈥渞eport鈥 that is so disingenuous and has so many limitations that it cannot be taken seriously.
According to a 2022 report from the Journal of the American Medical Association, even now, long after the height of the crisis, health care workers鈥 emotional exhaustion is 27% more prevalent than pre-pandemic. The lasting effects of the pandemic on mental health are real, and they are challenging.
Hospitals of all types provide unparalleled benefits to their communities. Yet, the author of a recent op-ed (Why Are Nonprofit Hospitals Focused More on Dollars Than Patients?) ignores these benefits in an unconvincing effort to claim hospitals are not living up to their mission.
In a new location for 2024, the 37th Annual AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, will be held Feb. 11-14 in Orlando, Fla. The conference brings together senior executives, physician leaders, trustees and nurse executives from the nation's leading rural hospitals and health systems to share鈥