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AHA, hospitals sue to require HHS to meet deadlines for deciding appeals.
AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to temporarily extend certain waivers and make others permanent beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency to allow hospitals to provide better and more cost effective care to their patients and communities.
In 2019, the Physician Alliance hosted rural physician leaders to a discussion about challenges and innovative strategies when providing care in rural hospitals. This issue brief includes keys to leadership in a rural setting, and clickable icon links to resources to explore how rural leaders…
In this edition, Hacking Healthcare revisits digital contact-tracing to keep you updated on the latest developments around the world and will remind you about the ingenuity of malicious actors by recounting how LinkedIn was weaponized to compromise European aerospace and defense firms. Lastly…
AHA statement on District Court decision on mandated disclosure of negotiated rates from General Counsel Melinda Hatton.
Download the Special Bulletin: CMS Releases Proposed Rule on Medicaid Drug Value-based Purchasing Arrangements  
The AHA urged the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the public health emergency beyond its current July 25, 2020 expiration date so health care providers can continue to offer the most efficient and effective care possible during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
RE: Daily Data Collection on COVID-19 to Inform Critical Federal Decisions  Dear Dr. Birx: 
AHA comments on the proposed rule on grants, contracts, and other agreements: fraud and abuse; information blocking; Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) civil money penalty (CMP) rules.