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Testimony
Public

AHA Statement to House Budget Committee for Health Care Affordability Hearing

The AHA urges Congress to pass The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R.3514/S.1816), bipartisan legislation that would help streamline prior authorization requirements under MA plans.
Advisory
Member

AHA Urges Elevance Health to Rescind Anthem’s ‘Nonparticipating Provider Policy’

The AHA Dec. 17 urged Elevance Health, which is the parent company of the Anthem brand of health plans, to rescind Anthem’s nonparticipating provider policy that is set to go into effect Jan. 1, citing the harm it will inflict on patients.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Urges Elevance Health to Rescind Anthem’s Nonparticipating Provider Policy

America’s hospitals, health systems and its caregivers have significant concerns regarding Anthem’s nonparticipating provider policy1 and the harm it will inflict on patients.
Testimony
Public

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.
Testimony
Public

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.
Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Hospital Price Transparency

Hospitals and health systems are committed to empowering patients with all the information they need to live their healthiest lives. This includes ensuring they have access to accurate price information when seeking care. Most hospitals use cost estimate tools to provide patient-specific price information because every course of care is unique.
Fact Sheets
Member

No Surprises Act Implementation Handbook

The No Surprises Act established new patient protections against balance billing in certain circumstances, as well as put into place a number of other provisions that will change how providers and health plans engage with patients and each other with respect to price and coverage transparency, as well as billing. The following implementation guide is intended to help hospitals and health systems understand the new provisions in the law and corresponding regulations.
Testimony
Public

AHA Statement to Senate Committee on Aging Hearing on Health Care Services

AHA shares the hospital field’s comments on how to reduce health care costs for seniors.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on the CMS and ASTP/ONC Request for Information Re: The Health Technology Ecosystem

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Request for Information regarding the Health Technology Ecosystem.
Issue Landing Page
Public

Surprise Billing

The No Surprises Act addresses surprise medical billing at the federal level. Most sections of the legislation go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, and the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor are tasked with issuing regulations and guidance to implement a number of the provisions.