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Advisory
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AHA 2026 Advocacy Agenda

Advisory
Explore the AHA's 2026 Advocacy Agenda focusing on healthcare policy and advocacy priorities. Download the PDF for detailed information.
Advocacy & Public Policy, AHA, Access & Health Coverage, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Access to Behavioral Health, Reducing Healthcare Disparities, Quality & Patient Safety, Workforce, Making Healthcare More Affordable, Advancing Best Practices for Hospitals & Health Systems, Innovation, Enhanced Premium Tax Credit (EPTC), Medicare, Reimbursement
Advisory
Member

House Passes Revised Appropriations Package Ending Partial Government Shutdown

Advisory
On Jan 30, the Senate passed an amended version of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (H.R. 7148) by a vote of 71-29.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, Medicare, Reimbursement, Access to Behavioral Health
Fact Sheets
Public

Fact Sheet: Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 335) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act (H.R.1805)

Fact Sheets
Medicare pays most acute care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume. These programs are Low-volume Adjustment (LVA)Medicare-dependent Hospitals (MDHs), and Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs).
Rural issues, Population/Community Health, Medicare
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Submits Comments on CMS Proposed Rule on Prohibiting 'Sex-Rejecting Procedures' for Children

Letter/Comment
The AHA today submitted a comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule that would prohibit hospitals participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs from performing “sex-rejecting procedures” on individuals under 18 years of age.
Conditions of Participation, Medicare, Medicaid
Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid

Fact Sheets
Each year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) collects aggregate information on the payments and costs associated with care delivered to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid by U.S. hospitals.
Uncompensated Care, Medicare, Medicaid, Hospital Data, Statistics
Fact Sheets
Public

Fact Sheet: AHA Urges Congress to Call on CMS to Stop Cuts to Hospitals

Fact Sheets
America’s hospitals and health systems continue to face unprecedented financial pressures due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and current inflationary economy. Historic inflation has extended and heightened the already severe economic instability brought on by the pandemic resulting in razor thin operating margins from massive surges in input costs, including a struggling workforce, drug costs, supplies and equipment.
Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS), Medicare, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), Finance & Budgeting
Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Statutory PAYGO Sequester Relief Needed for Health Providers

Fact Sheets
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO) requires, among other things, that mandatory spending and revenue legislation not increase the federal budget deficit over a 5- or 10-year period.
Advocacy & Public Policy, Medicare Sequestration Payment Reductions
Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Medicare Sequester Relief Extension Needed for Health Providers

Fact Sheets
AHA highlights the need to suspend Medicare sequester cuts for healthcare providers in this fact sheet on Medicare sequestration relief extension.
Medicare Sequestration Payment Reductions, Advocacy & Public Policy
Fact Sheets

Select Financial, Operating and Patient Characteristics of POHs Compared to Non-POHs Fact Sheet

Fact Sheets
Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined select operating, financial and patient characteristics of hospitals in categories defined by hospital ownership.1 This fact sheet provides descriptive statistics for physician owned hospitals (POHs) compared to non-physician owned hospitals.
Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law, Medicare, Medicaid
Fact Sheets
Public

Fact Sheet: Majority of Hospital Payments Dependent on Medicare or Medicaid

Fact Sheets
It is broadly acknowledged that Medicare reimburses hospitals less than the cost of providing care and their reimbursement rates are non-negotiable.
Medicare, Medicaid, Reimbursement