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The mission of each and every hospital in America is to provide high quality care and meet the health care needs of the patients and communities they serve. Hospitals serve their communities 24 hours a day, seven days a week, proving access to needed health services for all. Their task, and the task of their medical staffs, is to care and to cure. Their ability to serve well requires a relationship with their communities built on trust and compassion. The AHA has outlined guidelines that are intended to strengthen that relationship and to reassure patients, regardless of their ability to pay, of hospitals' commitment to caring.
Join the more than 4,200 hospitals nationwide that have confirmed their commitment to the AHA's Hospital Billing and Collection Practices: Statement of Principles and Guidelines.
AHA News
- Apr 01, 2013 | CMS open door forum to address rebilling
- Mar 26, 2013 | AHA-supported bill would promote health care price transparency
- Mar 13, 2013 | New CMS rules address rebilling
- Mar 11, 2013 | Columnist examines hospital billing
- Feb 26, 2013 | Time publishes correction to medical billing article
- Jan 09, 2013 | AHA asks CMS to speed EHR program fix for CAHs
- Nov 13, 2012 | AHA presses HHS, DOJ for electronic billing guidance
- Oct 04, 2012 | AHA responds to New York Times editorial
- Oct 03, 2012 | OIG issues work plan for FY 2013
- Aug 21, 2012 | OIG reviews mental health center billing for partial hospitalization services
- Mar 15, 2013 | Can charity care climb and bad debt drop?
Publications
Recent Efforts
- Mar 05, 2013 | Hospital Pricing Transparency
- Feb 22, 2013 | AHA Responds to TIME
- Feb 20, 2013 | A Message to AHA Members
- Jul 16, 2012 | Section 501(r) Proposed Regulations
- May 10, 2012 | AHA Board Updates Principles and Guidelines on Hospital Billing and Collection Practices
- Feb 16, 2012 | AHA Comments to CMS Re: Medicaid; Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments-Uninsured Definition
- Apr 21, 2011 | AHA and other organizations comment to the IRS on the newly revised Schedule H and Instructions
- Apr 19, 2011 | Chartpack : Cost of Caring: Drivers of Spending on Hospital Care
- Apr 07, 2011 | TrendWatch: The Cost of Caring: Drivers of Spending on Hospital Care
- Mar 16, 2011 | Sen. Rockefeller's Letter to NAIC regarding agent/broker fees from MLR requirements
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