AHA letter to Representative Tom Reed expressing support for the Rural Hospital Support Act.
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AHA comments on the Health Resources and Services Administration’s proposal to add additional counties – specifically, outlying Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) counties with no Urbanized Area (UA) – to its list of areas eligible to receive services funded by Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s rural health grants.
Letter from AHA to President Donald Trump urging additional support for rural hospitals and health systems.
AHA letter to Rep. Mike Thompson expressing support for the Critical Access Hospital Expansion Act (H.R. 6693), legislation that would reopen the “necessary provider” designation to eligible rural hospitals.
The AHA appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Request for Information regarding maternal and infant health care in rural communities.
Marty Fattig, CEO of Nemaha County Hospital letter to rural executive members regarding a digital community for rural hospital executives.
The The American Hospital Association expresses support for the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020.
The AHA March 5 expressed support for legislation (S. 3399) to extend for five additional years the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) demonstration. Launched in 2016, the FCHIP aims to better integrate and coordinate care, and reduce avoidable hospitalizations, admissions and transfers to distant providers.
AHA comments on the House Ways & Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force request for information (RFI).
AHA, health care organizations voice support for the Accountable Care in Rural America Ac
AHA's input on the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Access to Health Care Services request for information (RFI). The RFI solicits comments on access to care in rural areas.
The AHA's comments on the the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking for the Con
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ request for information on reducing administrative burden.
AHA expressed support for legislation that would permanently extend the enforcement moratorium on direct supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services provided in critical access hos
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses
The American Hospital Association submits comments on how the Federal Communications Commission can encourage health care provider participation in its Connected Care Pilot Program.
AHA letter to Representative Ron King expressing support for the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678).
AHA letter to Rep.. Lynn Jenkins expressing support for the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678).
AHA letter to FCC regarding concern about the unexpected and significant funding cuts for the Rural Health Care (RHC) program participants, announced in March by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), the program administrator.
AHA comments to the FCC on Promoting Telehealth in Rural Areas