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The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today held a hearing on the AHA-supported Protecting Our Infants Act (S.799/H.R. 1462).
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday voted 30-21 to approve legislation that would provide $153 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2016, $3.7 billion less than this year. Among other…
The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 16-14 to approve legislation that would provide $153.2 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2016, $3.6 billion less than this year.
The House of Representatives today voted 286-138 to approve a Trade Adjustment Assistance bill without extending the sequester on Medicare in 2024 to pay for the bill. The TAA program, which provides federal job-training and other assistance to workers, firms, farmers and communities that have been…
In a letter to the House Veterans Affairs Committee, the AHA June 24 urged Congress to reject any request by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to redirect funding for the Veterans Choice Program to other VA programs. The AHA sent the letter the day before the committee held a hearing on the…
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that subsidies can continue for the purchase of health insurance for qualified individuals in the 34 states that rely on the federal government to operate their health insurance exchanges.Plaintiffs in the case King v. Burwell had challenged the validity of…
The Senate Finance Committee June 24 approved three AHA-backed bills to support access to hospital services in rural communities and to emergency psychiatric care for underserved and vulnerable populations.S. 1461 would delay through December enforcement of direct supervision requirements for…
The Senate Finance Committee today approved three AHA-backed bills to support access to hospital services in rural communities and to emergency psychiatric care for underserved and vulnerable populations. S. 1461 would delay through December enforcement of direct supervision requirements for…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals participating in the first-quarter 2015 survey report appealing 44% of all RAC claim denials, with a 73% overturn rate in the appeals process.…
The House of Representatives last night voted 244-154 to approve legislation (H.R. 1190) to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board. The 15-member board was created by the Affordable Care Act to make binding recommendations on Medicare payment policy. Hospitals (but not critical assess…