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Advocacy Issue: Telehealth Waivers

Recognizing both the immediate and potential long-term benefits of telehealth, we urge Congress, CMS and other executive agencies to take action to make critical telehealth flexibilities permanent.
Action Alert
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TAKE ACTION: Engage Lawmakers in August to Build Support for Key Priorities

It is important to engage with your lawmakers while they are home and discuss the impact that the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and additional policy proposals that are under consideration will have on hospitals’ ability to provide care.
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Cybersecurity Advocacy Resources, Thought Leadership and Latest News

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital, and its reputation. The American Hospital Association offers resources for hospitals and health systems to protect themselves and their patients.
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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.
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Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory Service

AHA can help hospitals and health systems prepare for and mitigate cyber threats with John Riggi, a recognized expert, as a powerful resource.
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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.
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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.
Letter/Comment
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AHA Requests Flexibility Extension from HHS on DEA Telemedicine Prescribing

AHA letter to HHS regarding the Department of Health and Human Services 'role in coordinating with the Drug Enforcement Administration to support the safe prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth.
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Catalysts: Creating the Future of Work—New Technologies and Models

It’s clear that health care is headed outside the walls of the hospital with the goal of keeping people healthy. The hospital will always be a critical access point of health in the community. But what a hospital looks like is changing. Hospitals and health systems across the country are investing in technologies that support population health management, clinical integration, convenience and access for consumers. These technologies impact the workforce as much as they influence the consumer.