Action Alert

The House Committee on Ways and Means, on April 28 at 10 a.m. ET, will host a hearing during which hospital and health system leaders are expected to testify on health care affordability.

The AHA is providing attendees of its Annual Membership Meeting with health care advocacy priorities to use when meeting with lawmakers.

This is the next in a series of hearings examining health care costs and exploring options to make care more affordable.

It is critical that HRSA hear from as many 340B hospitals as possible about the costs and administrative burdens a rebate model program would impose.

Please contact your representative prior to the Jan. 22 House hearings to share with them how some commercial insurer policies and practices delay, deny and disrupt care for patients.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Oct. 23 will hold a hearing titled, “The 340B Program: Examining Its Growth and Impact on Patients.”

Your representative sits on the Oversight Subcommittee. Please reach out prior to the hearing to ensure they understand how your hospital or health system benefits your community beyond charity care or financial assistance.

The CMS July 31 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.

CMS, in its outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2026, proposes a net 2.4% increase in payment rates.

Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Tracey Mann, R-Kan., are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter asking House members to sign a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services expressing concerns about the recently announced 340B Rebate Model…