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Highlights
- Advisory: Media Advisory
(April 30, 2008) - Letter: AHA to CMS Re: Critical Access Hospital Data Reporting (January 11, 2008)
- Advisory: IRS Releases Final ... and Mostly Improved ... Schedule H (January 02, 2008)
- Press Release: Statement on the IRS Revised Form 990 and Schedule H (December 20, 2007)
- Advocacy Update: Special Bulletin: December 20, 2007 (December 20, 2007)
Latest News
- AHANEWS: Groups protest proposed charity care cuts in NJ (May 12, 2008)
- AHANEWS: NJ hospitals decry proposed cuts to state charity care program (April 30, 2008)
- AHANEWS: AHA News: HCAHPS data added to Hospital Compare site (March 31, 2008)
- AHANEWS: Delaware hospitals adopt billing policy for preventable errors (March 28, 2008)
- AHANEWS: AHA News: New payment and volume data coming to Hospital Compare site (March 03, 2008)
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