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Please ask your senators and representatives to prevent Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts from taking effect; extend enhanced low-volume adjustment and Medicare-dependent hospital programs that expand access to care in rural areas; and extend telehealth and hospital-at-home鈥
The AHA appreciates the bipartisan effort to fund the government and extend these critical health care policies for three months to support hospitals鈥 efforts to care for patients and communities.
Lawmakers have returned to Washington, D.C., to tackle end-of-the-year funding needs. Quick action is needed this week to address the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment reductions.
AHA members can watch a replay of the November 18 webcast during which AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack, AHA Executive Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy Stacey Hughes and other experts discussed what the end of the year looks like on Capitol Hill, as well as the big health鈥
Lawmakers have returned to Washington for three weeks to consider government funding, which expires Oct. 1. Congress must pass a continuing resolution (CR) by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.
The CY 2025 Outpatient PPS/ASC Payment System Proposed Rule slide deck from August 6, 2024, AHA webinar.
Since going into effect, CMS has made several changes to the Hospital Price Transparency Rule requirements on hospitals. The most recent set of changes, including requiring hospitals to use a standard machine-readable file format, go into effect July 1, 2024.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (O&I) June 4 will host a hearing titled, 鈥淥versight of 340B Drug Pricing Program.鈥 Please contact your Energy and Commerce member before the June 4 hearing and share with them the importance of the 340B program鈥
As hospitals and health systems continue to feel the effects of the unprecedented cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare, the AHA has been in conversations with Congress and the Administration urging them to act and provide support to ensure providers can continue caring for鈥
Commercial health plan abuses must be addressed to ensure fair coverage for patients and providers. The AHA has worked to hold health plans accountable through letters, statements, white papers, member updates and earned media.