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The hospital price transparency rule takes effect Jan. 1, 2021, requiring hospitals and health systems to disclose all standard charges, as defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to mean privately negotiated rates with insurers, gross charges (a.k.a., “list prices”) and…
Healthcare groups release proceedings of summit exploring drug safety, supply chain security
AHA statement on COVID relief package and government funding bill from President and CEO RIck Pollack.
Hospitals’ Emergency Motion for Stay Re: Disclosure of Negotiated Rates
AHA letter requesting the Biden Administration exercise enforcement discretion with respect to compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital price transparency final rule requiring hospitals to make public, effective Jan. 1, 2021, all of the rates they negotiate with…
The AHA today released a public service announcement thanking the many health care professionals working in America’s hospitals and health systems for their dedication to and compassion in caring for communities throughout a relentless 2020. You can adapt this PSA with your organization’s logo.
At a Glance
House and Senate leaders late yesterday announced an agreement on a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that includes a number of provisions beneficial to hospitals and health systems. They also agreed on a roughly $1.4 trillion spending package that would fund the federal…
AHA letter to Ways & Means Chairman Neal and Ranking Member Brady thanking them for addressing surprise medical billing as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
CHI Health and Creighton University Medical Center, an academic medical center in Omaha, Neb., partnered to design and build University Clinic, a new primary care-based medical facility that functions as a learning laboratory for inter-professional health sciences education, research and…
December 18, 2020
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Capitol Building, H-222
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Speaker Pelosi: