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The AHA supports a potential Medicare $2 Drug List Model, where people enrolled in a Part D plan would have access to certain prescription drugs for a low, fixed copayment no higher than $2 for a month’s supply per drug.
In comments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the AHA shared its views on physician fee schedule payments, advanced alternative payment model incentives and Medicare Advantage network adequacy.
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response is seeking public feedback on its Hospital Preparedness Program funding formula. The HPP is the primary source of federal funding for health care preparedness and response.
AHA podcast: The Right Kind of Research — AcademyHealth Unveils a Roadmap to Advance Research Equity
Margo Edmunds, director of the AcademyHealth Center on Diversity, Inclusion and Minority Engagement, discusses the benefits its Roadmap for Researchers guide can provide to health care research and the difference it's already making in health systems, nonprofits and beyond.
The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 5 issued a letter to health care providers and others clarifying language access requirements under a final rule of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act that became effective in July. The requirements apply to…
The Congressional Budget Office Dec. 5 informed Congress that 2.2 million consumers would lose their health insurance in 2026 if enhanced premium subsidies are not extended.
A $2.8 billion settlement from Blue Cross Blue Shield to health care providers resolving a 12-year antitrust lawsuit received preliminary approval yesterday from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The settlement will also "significantly improve how Providers will interact…
New guidance released yesterday by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency and FBI informs health care and other critical infrastructure industries on how to fortify their network devices against malicious cyber actors.
In this AHA blog Aisha Syeda, senior program manager for AHA’s Strategic Initiatives, summarizes five action steps hospitals can take to establish pediatric disaster readiness, as well as day-to-day readiness.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released recommendations for streamlining the approval process for medical devices that use artificial intelligence. The guidance recommends information to include in a predetermined change control plan as part of a marketing submission for a medical…