Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024, AHA voiced support for proposals to designate certain behavioral health provider types and Rural Emergency Hospitals as essential community providers; ease enrollment and increase consumer access to navigators and assisters; and clarify standardized health plan coverage while giving plans flexibility to test different benefit structures; among other provisions. 

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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program has released a report highlighting how three…
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The AHA’s Living Learning Network, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 22 released “Rural Sepsis Care in Action: Real-…
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The AHA provided comments July 21 to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on price transparency, nursing workforce and rural…
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The AHA provided a statement to the House Ways and Means Committee for a markup July 15 on various pieces of health legislation. The AHA offered…
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The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare today launched a new ad titled Close to Home, which highlights the critical role of rural hospitals and the…
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One year into the Rural Health Transformation Fund, what's working and what's next? In this conversation, Maya Sandalow, associate director of the Health…