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Starting July 1, the American Rescue Plan Act makes individuals who receive unemployment compensation beginning in 2021 eligible for cost-sharing subsidies through the federally facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace.
In response to national blood supply shortages, the AHA provided members with tools and resources to help hospitals and health systems conserve blood supply and encourage donations throughout the summer.
The AHA and other national hospital organizations today urged Senate leadership and senators supporting a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure agreement reached with President Biden last week not to extend the 2% mandatory sequestration cut to Medicare or use unspent COVID-19 provider relief…
The Food and Drug Administration June 25 formally updated its patient and provider fact sheets for the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to include warnings about the increased risk of heart inflammation in patients.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released its calendar year 2022 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. The proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the home health and home infusion therapy services payment rates in accordance with existing…
The Supreme Court of the United States declined to consider AHA’s lawsuit asking the court to reverse federal appeals court decisions that threaten continued access to care for hospital outpatients in need by making significant Medicare cuts to payments for health exams at off-site clinics.
July 6 is the deadline for state and local governments to apply for grants of up to $125,000 each to develop multi-sector plans to address social determinants of health to improve chronic disease outcomes in populations experiencing health disparities and inequities.
The AHA and American Medical Association last week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay until at least Jan. 1, 2023, the deadline for physicians, hospitals and health systems to implement appropriate use criteria for advanced diagnostic imaging services, citing “the…
Commenting today on long-term care hospital provisions in the fiscal year 2022 proposed rule for the inpatient and LTCH prospective payment systems, AHA said it supports the proposals to use fiscal year 2019 claims as a basis for calculating the FY 2022 payment update; require state Medicaid…
AHA today voiced strong support for provisions in the inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2022 that would repeal the requirement that hospitals report their median payer-specific charges for Medicare Advantage organizations by Medicare severity diagnosis related group…