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Hospitals Face Increased Costs of Caring for Patients

This week, the AHA released an updated Costs of Caring report, which provides a data-driven assessment of the structural drivers of hospital care cost growth.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on CMS' Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027.
Testimony
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AHA Before Senate Committee on Aging — the Doctor Is Out: How Washington's Rules Drove Physicians Out of Medicine

The American Hospital Association (AHA) provides the hospital perspective on the issues impacting health care workforce burnout before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Health Plan Accountability Update
Member

Health Plan Accountability Update - June 2025

HHS announces initiative with insurers to streamline prior authorizations.
Action Alert
Member Non-Fed

TAKE ACTION: Contact Your Representative Ahead of Jan. 22 House Hearings Focused on Commercial Health Insurers’ Role in Health Care Affordability

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.
News

Let’s End Commercial Insurer Barriers that Reduce Access to Care

Many commercial health insurance policies and practices often disrupt, delay and deny medically necessary care to patients.
Testimony
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AHA Statement to House W&M Committee for Hearing with Health Insurance CEOs

This statement highlights what hospitals, clinicians, and patients are experiencing on the ground — and why commercial insurer practices are playing a growing role in driving up costs, creating delays and undermining affordability.
Testimony
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AHA Statement to House E&C Subcommittee for Hearing on Lowering Health Care Costs

The following statement highlights what hospitals, clinicians, and patients are experiencing on the ground — and why commercial insurer practices are playing a growing role in driving up costs, creating delays and undermining affordability.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan
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Should You Automate to Resolve Health Claim Denials?

Absent commercial health insurance companies fulfilling a recent promise to reform their prior authorization (PA) and claims-paying behaviors, what can hospitals and health systems do to combat increasing claim denials and their growing threat to clinical and financial sustainability?
Health Plan Accountability Update
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Health Plan Accountability Update: July 2023

CMS released a final rule that would increase oversight of Medicare Advantage plans and better align them with Traditional Medicare.