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AHA provides input to CMS on how to better assist patients in accessing pricing information for health care services.
The AHA supports several of the proposed rule鈥檚 provisions. In particular, we appreciate and endorse the agency鈥檚 proposal to permanently withdraw the 25% Rule; however, we have substantial concerns with the associated budget neutrality adjustment proposed by CMS. We also support the proposed鈥
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2019.
- Medicare
- Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS)
- Medicare DSH
- Electronic Health Records (EHRs) - Meaningful Use
- Health Information Technology (HIT)
- Interoperability
- Medicare Area Wage Index (AWI)
- Hospital Readmission Reduction Program
- Value-based payment
- Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
- Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
- Quality & Patient Safety
- Quality Measures
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our clinician partners 鈥 including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers 鈥 and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership鈥
AHA letter to the House expressing support of H.R. 6082, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act, which would align 42 CFR Part 2 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for the purposes of treatment, payment and health care operations.
AHA Statement before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions regarding 鈥淓ffective Administration of the 340B Drug Pricing Program.鈥
This study study, commissioned by the Federation of 黑料正能量s and the American AHA, examined how eleven pieces of legislation combined with numerous regulatory changes would affect hospital funding from 2010 through 2028.
Addressing Social Determinants of Health Presentation
Social determinants of health 鈥 where we live, work and play 鈥 have tremendous affect on one鈥檚 health, and they can affect anyone, regardless of age, race, ethnicity. Help your organ
AHA letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health鈥檚 discussion draft, titled the 鈥淧andemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018.鈥
AHA Statement to the Committee on Ways and Means for 鈥淗earing on Lowering Costs and Expanding Access to Health Care through Consumer-Directed Health Plans.鈥