Mandatory participation in the expanded Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR-X) Model would present significant challenges, particularly for hospitals that lack the scale or financial capacity to make the necessary investments in care redesign.
Rural Health Advisories
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The AHA supports policies and legislation that enable rural hospitals to care for their communities. The Rural Advocacy Agenda outlines some key areas of focus for our 2026 advocacy agenda.
Congress has passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (H.R.7148), which consists of a short-term continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill and a package of five full-year appropriations bills, containing conferenced legislation for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
Over the past 15 days, the Senate has voted nine times on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding and health care waivers until Nov. 21.
Government funding and certain health care programs and waivers expired at midnight Sept. 30 as congressional leaders were unable to reach an agreement to keep the government funded.
Advisory revised Sept 28. with fiscal year 2026 agency contingency plans. Government funding is set to expire at midnight Sept. 30 without congressional action.
As part of the AHA’s long-standing commitment to helping hospitals and health systems defend against and deflect cyberattacks, the AHA and Microsoft announced this week several new and updated offerings as part of the Rural Health Resiliency program.
Government funding is set to expire at midnight Sept. 30 without congressional action.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 2 released its calendar year (CY) 2024 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) final rule. It increases OPPS rates by a net 3.1% in CY 2024 compared to CY 2023 and includes final policies regarding hospital price transparency, behavioral health services and Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs).
This Regulatory Advisory summarizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2022 final rules and policy changes for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system.
This Regulatory Advisory summarizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2022 final rules and policy changes for the long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system.
This Regulatory Advisory summarizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2022 final rules and policy changes for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently announced expanded COVID-19 response efforts in rural communities. Specifically, HRSA will increase the number of vaccines sent to rural communities, expand testing and other COVID-19 prevention services, and work to increase vaccine uptake.
On February 9, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, a massive budget bill containing a number of priorities important to hospitals and health syste
The House Ways and Means Committee on May 24 approved by voice vote the AHA-supported Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published in the May 12 Federal Register a final rule to revise and clarify certain Conditions of Participation and Conditions for Coverage for hosp
On Jan. 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA).
Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Final Rule for Fiscal Year 2012