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The American Hospital Association urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use its upcoming proposed rules for IRFs and other post-acute care providers to address several issues related to the implementation of the revised case-mix grouping policies.
AHA's comments on the Department of Veterans Affairs ,Veterans Community Care Program proposed rule.
AHA, health organizations encourage Congressional leaders to advance the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness & Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPAI, H.R. 269). 
AHA letter to Senator Mark Warner regarding reducing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the health care sector.
March 2019 -- Brian Gragnolati, chair of the AHA Board of Trustees and President and CEO of Atlantic Health System, discusses in Modern Healthcare the important of improving health care access and affordability and focusing on collaboration in order to advance health for all.
AHA letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the proposed rules related to interoperability published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2019.
AHA letter to Representative Terri Sewell expressing support for the the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763).
Hospitals and health systems are transforming to create coordinated systems of care for patients. They are redesigning how they deliver care to meet patients’ needs and provide patients and communities more convenient, cost-effective and innovative services. Realignment becomes necessary to remain…
The AHA responds to the request for information on medical device interoperability from the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development’s Health Information Technology Research and Development Interagency Working Group.
The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a program that promotes AUC for advanced diagnostic imaging. AUC are evidence-based criteria that assist professionals who order and furnish certain imaging services to make the…