Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
The Senate July 1, and the House July 2, passed a budget reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), H.R. 1, a sweeping package that enacts many of President Trump’s legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction. The bill includes significant policy…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) June 30 issued its calendar year (CY) 2026 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
The Senate has released its legislative text for the substitute to H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a sweeping package that would enact many of President Trump’s legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 20 finalized its 2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability rule, intended to establish new standards for the health insurance marketplaces and address improper and fraudulent enrollments.
The Department of Homeland Security June 22 issued a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin about the potential for Iranian-related cyber and physical attacks against the United States homeland.
Please share this advisory with your cybersecurity and IT teams.
The Senate Committee on Finance has released bill text for its portion of the budget reconciliation bill. It appears that the provisions further undermine the ability for hospitals to provide care to Medicaid patients.
The White House June 6 issued a Presidential memorandum in which the Administration expresses its view that rapid growth in State Directed Payment (SDP) programs is a threat to the nation’s long-term stability, and that the “imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare payment rates under these programs…
New AHA Report Finds Workplace and Community Violence Costs Hospitals More than $18 Billion Annually
The AHA today released a new, comprehensive report that measures the substantial financial resources hospitals and health systems spend on preventing and responding to violence in their facilities and communities.
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury last week