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 feedback on the Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act, which would codify and expand hospital price transparency requirements. The AHA also provided comments on other legislation the committee considered, including bills to expand remote physiologic monitoring; increase physician anesthesiology payments to certain rural hospitals to address workforce shortages; strengthen the long-term care hospital payment system; streamline prior authorization requirements; and address transparency in Medicare Advantage. 

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The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare Sept. 15 launched a new ad titled How Much More, which highlights consequences for patients resulting…
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The AHA Sept. 15 released a preview for Frontiers, a three-episode documentary series from the AHA’s Advancing Health Podcast on rural maternal health.…
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The Rural Maternal Health Data Support program, supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration, has launched a data repository that allows users…
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A report on obstetric services in hospitals by the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center found that between 2010 and 2024, 718 hospitals…
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The Department of Health and Human Services Sept. 4 announced that it awarded $11.2 million in grants to 15 recipients across 14 states to develop new…
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The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s Rural Health Redesign Center will host a webinar on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. ET, where hospital CEOs will discuss the…