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AHA commends MedPAC and HHS for voicing significant concerns about rising pharmaceutical costs.
AHA provides comments on the consumer-directed health plan legislation being marked up in the Committee on Ways & Means.
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, including more than 1,900 hospitals that participate in the 340B drug savings program, and our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other…
Plaintiffs oppose the Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) motion for a six-week extension to file its response to Plaintiffs’ remedy proposals. HHS asserts that the extension is necessary primarily to compile additional data from the end of the most recent fiscal quarter. But the Court…
The AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand the data it makes available through standard analytic files and to share currently available data on a timelier basis.
AHA statement before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions: Hearing on How to Reduce Health Care Costs: Understanding the Cost of Health Care in America”
The AHA appreciates the extensive work CMS has done to develop and alternative to the current SNF case-mix system. However, our evaluation of the patient-driven payment model still has several flaws, which must be addressed before the PDPM proposal can be finalized.
The AHA appreciates the extensive work CMS has done to develop and alternative to the current SNF case-mix system. However, our evaluation of the patient-driven payment model still has several flaws, which must be addressed before the PDPM proposal can be finalized.
AHA statement before the Senate Finance Committee on Prescription Drug Affordability and Innovation: Addressing Challenges in Today’s Market.
AHA provides input to CMS on how to better assist patients in accessing pricing information for health care services.