Regulatory Relief
The regulatory burden faced by hospitals is substantial and unsustainable.
Every day, hospitals, health systems and post-acute care providers confront the daunting task of complying with a growing number of federal regulations. They are constantly challenged to understand and implement new or revised regulations, while maintaining their core mission of providing high-quality patient care.
Providers appreciate that federal regulation is intended to ensure that health care patients receive safe, high-quality care, and prioritize it as a critical part of their day-to-day work.
But the scope and pace of the changes being made is out-stripping many providers鈥 ability to absorb them. At the same time, many of these regulations do not improve the quality of patient care or access to services.
Providers need relief now. Read on for more information and resources on the AHA's regulatory relief agenda.
Appeals court sends order to eliminate backlog of Medicare appeals back to trial court (August 11, 2017)
Government's reply brief in the ALJ Delay Mandamus Appeal (April 6, 2017)
Axios鈥 recent article on hospital audits conducted by CMS鈥檚 Office of Inspector General (OIG) is misleading and only tells one side of the story by leaving out key information that readers deserve to know.
Introduction
As you attend various workshops and sessions throughout the 2018 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, you can share the following messages on social media to encourage support for rural health coverage. Join in with the #ruralhealth hashtag. Feel free to contact Emily Gustafson鈥
Rural hospitals provide essential health care services to some 57 million people. Because of their size, modest assets and financial reserves, and higher percentages of Medicare patients, small and rural hospitals disproportionately rely on government payments.
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We know that every day America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems鈥攁nd other health care providers鈥攁re faced with the daunting task of complying with a growing number of federal regulations.
Make no mistake about it鈥攚e understand the need for 鈥渞esponsible鈥 regulation鈥攖hat ensures public鈥
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack yesterday hosted Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on a special AHA Town Hall webcast focused on the current regulatory landscape.
AHA again urged the Food and Drug Administration today to allow health system pharmacies to distribute compounded products to other system facilities located more than one mile away.
AHA again urged the Food and Drug Administration today to allow health system pharmacies to distribute compounded products to other system facilities located more than one mile away.