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AHA Urges Congress to Provide Support to Help Minimize Further Fallout from Change Healthcare Attack
We are now on day 13 of the crisis caused by the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare and its impacts on hospitals, health systems and patients around the country. We urgently need Congress's support to help minimize further fallout from this attack.
Senate Passes Revised Budget Resolution
Early this morning, the Senate by a vote of 51 to 48 passed its revised budget resolution for fiscal year 2025 with Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voting with Democrats in opposition.
Administration Rescinds Memo Pausing Federal Grants, Loans and Other Financial Assistance Programs
The White House Office of Management and Budget Jan. 29 rescinded a memo it issued two days earlier directing federal agencies to temporarily pause federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs implicated by President Trump’s recent executive orders.
Federal Public Policy and Legislative Solutions for Improving Maternal Health Sept. 2024
At the federal level, several legislative initiatives specific to maternal mortality have been enacted. Several other initiatives have been introduced in Congress the last year.
AHA Letter to House E&C Subcommittee for May 1 Hearing on Change Healthcare Cyberattack
April 29, 2024
AHA Urges More Congressional Action to Help Providers Affected By Change Healthcare Cyberattack
AHA letter to Senators Wyden and Crapo providing an update on recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare and to express concerns regarding the Administration’s proposal to penalize hospitals that don’t meet certain cybersecurity requirements.
AHA Statement: Legislative Proposals To Increase Medicaid Access And Improve Program Integrity
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners — including
AHA Expresses Concerns with UHG Program in Response to Cyberattack on Change Healthcare
Hospitals across America typically get reimbursed daily by health insurers that rely on Change Healthcare to both receive and pay claims. Every day that core Change Healthcare functionality remains down is a day that providers are not receiving the funding they need to pay doctors and nurses, purchase medical supplies, and keep complex facilities open to provide 24/7 patient care.
Fact Sheet: Federal Investment Needed to Keep Hospitals’ Physical Infrastructure Ready to Meet Health Care Needs
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for America’s hospital infrastructure. These investments are critical to ensuring the long-term sustainability and viability of hospitals, and maintaining access to high quality, safe and environmentally sustainable health care.
Medicare Sequestration Moratorium Advocacy
To spur lawmakers’ action on this issue, AHA is asking its members to urge their elected officials to support bills in the House and Senate that would extend the moratorium beyond April 1. It is critical that we gain bipartisan support for this effort, as it will require at least 60 votes to pass in the Senate.