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The AHA submitted a statement July 11 for a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on health care transparency and lowering health care costs.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing July 11 on medical debt.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 10 released its calendar year 2025 proposed rule for the physician fee schedule.
Improving access to rural health care is a top priority for AHA, and its 2024 Rural Advocacy Agenda lays the groundwork to improve the system as a whole. In this conversation, three AHA experts drill down on specific steps needed to help rural health care stay financially sound and ready to serve.
The AHA the week of July 8 released its Quality Collective Report, which explores quality, safety and performance improvement strategies and insights from health care leaders.
The AHA, 340B Health, Maryland Hospital Association and Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers July 9 filed an amicus brief in a federal district court in Maryland, defending the state’s law protecting 340B pricing for contract pharmacy arrangements.
The House Appropriations Committee July 10 voted 31-25 to approve legislation that would provide $185.8 billion in funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education in fiscal year 2025, an 11% cut below the prior fiscal year.
The Department of Health and Human Services July 10 released a proposed rule designed to improve health information sharing and interoperability.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 10 issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.6% in calendar year 2025 compared to 2024. This includes a proposed 3.0% market basket update, offset by a 0.4 percentage…
A joint advisory issued the week of July 8 by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, FBI and several international agencies warns of the threat of a state-sponsored cyber group in China. The Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) 40, also known as Kryptonite Panda…