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  AHA, others urge Congress to move forward with bipartisan legislation to reduce premiums, improve affordability, and improve the individual health insurance market.
  
  AHA, others express concerns that Anthem’s coverage policies for outpatient imaging and emergency care services are detrimental to patients, diminishing access to care and driving care
location based on the lowest cost provider.
  
  AHA's comment on CMS's 2019 Advance Notice and draft Call Letter for 2019.
  
  On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers – and the 43,00 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership…  
  Augusta Health dramatically improved patient outcomes and reduced readmissions with its own automated sepsis surveillance system.  When a patient’s condition triggers an alert, a secure text is sent to the ED charge nurse for immediate assessment. Click here to learn more.
  
  The undersigned groups respectfully request that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
adjust aggregate production quotas (APQ) for certain opioids in order to mitigate ongoing drug
shortages.
  
  The American Hospital Association responds to the Senate Finance Committee’s request for policy recommendations to address the opioid epidemic.
  
  Edgerton (WI) Hospital and Health Services is the first critical access hospital in the country to install a geothermal system, which relies on the earth’s natural temperature to heat and cool buildings. The system paid for itself in 6 years – that’s 9 years ahead of schedule. Click here to learn…  
  The American Hospital Association commends Rep. Hultgren for introducing legislation to restore the tax exemption for advance refunding bonds that was repealed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
  
  The AHA requests additional information and a delay in implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model (BPCI Advanced) announced on Jan. 9.
  
