Site-Neutral

Forty-eight senators Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reconsider its proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.

In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare…

In a letter to the Centers for Medicare…

IN THE Supreme Court of the United States _________ AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ET AL., Petitioners, v. XAVIER BECERRA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District…

The AHA, joined by member hospitals and health systems and other national organizations representing hospitals, filed reply briefs in their petitions asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse appeals court decisions in two important cases for patients and providers.

Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) are more likely to be poorer and have more severe chronic conditions than Medicare patients treated in an independent physician office (IPO), according to a study released today by the AHA. The study also specifically…

Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) are more likely to be poorer and have more severe chronic conditions than Medicare patients treated in an independent physician office (IPO), according to a study released today by the AHA. The study also specifically…

AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rescind its recent audit determinations denying hospitals a mid-build exception to site-neutral payment under the 21st Century Cures Act.

State and regional hospital associations filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting AHA’s request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review two circuit court decisions last July that threaten continued access to care for hospital outpatients in need.

Amicus Brief-State and Regional Hosp Associations Site Neutral Case