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Action Alert
Member Non-Fed

Contact Your Lawmakers and Urge Them to Extend Key Health Care Policies Set to Expire Next Month

Please ask your senators and representatives to prevent Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts from taking effect; extend enhanced low-volume adjustment and Medicare-dependent hospital programs that expand access to care in rural areas; and extend telehealth and hospital-at-home waivers.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on 340B Drug Pricing Program, IRF Payments, Physician Fee Schedule and Telehealth

AHA comments on MedPAC topics to be considered in the new cycle: the 340B Drug Pricing Program, inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) payments, the physician fee schedule (PFS) and telehealth.
Action Alert
Member

ACTION NEEDED: Contact Lawmakers on Important Issues Facing Hospitals and Health Systems

While lawmakers are in their district, it is important for the field to engage with members of Congress to remind them of the importance of preserving access to care by continuing to fund vital programs like telehealth and hospital-at-home waivers, and avoiding harmful policies such as site-neutral payments and Medicaid DSH cuts.
Action Alert
Member

AHA Asks Congressional Leadership to Fund Hospitals, Protect Health Care Workers

Before the lame-duck session ends and the 118th Congress adjourns, it is essential that federal lawmakers understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face and what is at stake for the patients and communities they represent.
Action Alert
Member

ACTION NEEDED: Talk to Lawmakers this August on Important Issues Facing Hospitals and Health Systems

Lawmakers need to hear how congressional support is necessary to ensure hospitals can provide the 24/7 access to care patients and communities depend on.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Urges Congress to Act on Key Priorities in Lame-duck Session

AHA letter urging Congress to act on key priorities in Lame-duck session.
Action Alert
Member Non-Fed

ACTION NEEDED: Contact Lawmakers Now on Important Issues Facing Hospitals and Health Systems

Lawmakers have returned to Washington for three weeks to consider government funding, which expires Oct. 1. Congress must pass a continuing resolution (CR) by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.
Testimony
Public

AHA Statement to House Committee on Education and the Workforce for Markup Hearing Sept. 11, 2024

The AHA is providing feedback on the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act (H.R. 3120) and the Transparent Telehealth Bills Act of 2024 (H.R. 9457).
Advisory
Member

Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) Proposed Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on April 10 proposed a new mandatory payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for five types of surgical episodes.
Special Bulletin
Member

CMS Issues Hospital Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule for CY 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 10 released its calendar year (CY) 2025 outpatient prospective payment