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Houston Methodist, an eight-hospital system headquartered in Houston, Texas, is leading the way by reenvisioning its financial assistance policies to meet the changing needs of its community. Houston Methodist maintains a standard financial assistance policy, which utilizes a traditional…
A growing trend in hospital and health system financial assistance programs is the incorporation of presumptive eligibility screenings for charity care. Presumptive eligibility refers to an automated process of analyzing readily available financial and other data to approximate a patient’s…
This fact sheet provides hospitals and health systems with an overview of key considerations for implementing presumptive eligibility for charity care. The AHA encourages all members to consider whether some form of presumptive eligibility for charity care makes sense for their organization.
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury last week
This is a summary of provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that affect hospitals and health systems, as well as some resources from the Congressional Budget Office regarding the impact of the bill.
The House of Representatives May 22 passed by a 215-214 vote H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes significant policy changes to Medicaid and the Health Insurance Marketplaces that will jeopardize access to care for communities.
With your senators and representatives home in their states and districts for the next two weeks, please reach out to your lawmakers and urge them to reject funding cuts to Medicaid and other health care programs as part of reconciliation bill.
The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare, of which the AHA is a founding member, has launched a multimedia advertising campaign, highlighting the value of Medicaid coverage for everyday Americans.
Please ask your senators and representatives to prevent Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts from taking effect; extend enhanced low-volume adjustment and Medicare-dependent hospital programs that expand access to care in rural areas; and extend telehealth and hospital-at-home…
The AHA appreciates the bipartisan effort to fund the government and extend these critical health care policies for three months to support hospitals’ efforts to care for patients and communities.