Access & Health Coverage
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury finalized a rule allowing grandfathered health plans to increase enrollees鈥 premiums and cost-sharing amounts beyond what is currently allowed.
AHA letter that outlines initial policy priorities for Biden Administration first 100 days.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the AHA鈥檚 Report of the Special Committee on the Provision of Health Services, the AHA looks back on a report that served as a blueprint for a number of proposals for decades to come on national health insurance and health care reform.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the AHA鈥檚 Report of the Special Committee on the Provision of Health Services, the AHA looks back on a report that served as a blueprint for a number of proposals for decades to come on national health insurance and health care reform.
In a push to compel more Americans to seek health insurance coverage and protect themselves from COVID-19, the AHA, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association and a host of other organizations, elected leaders, states, individual hospitals and doctors announced Get Covered鈥
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 proposed revision to the definition of 鈥渞easonable and necessary鈥 for purposes of Medicare coverage determinations. View entire comment letter under Key Resources.
Access to potentially life-saving mammograms is more difficult for women who face with social determinants of health such as low-income, lack of transportation or the inability to take time off from work.
The AHA Board of Trustees earlier this year recommended updating the AHA鈥檚 patient billing guidance to better align with how care is delivered and financed currently. Today, we are releasing updated, voluntary guidelines that represent the AHA鈥檚 expectations of what the hospital and health system鈥
Marie Cleary-Fishman, Vice President of Clinical Quality speaks with Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation and Erin Emery-Tiburcio, Associate Professor of Geriatric & Rehabilitation Psychology and Geriatric Medicine at Rush University Medical Center.
Molly Smith, AHA vice president for coverage and state issues forum, participated in a panel discussion on reducing health care costs in the U.S. health care system without sacrificing quality, as part of The Atlantic Festival鈥檚 virtual event.