Fact Sheets
AHA Fact Sheets define important issues facing hospitals and health systems and provide in-depth explanations of the AHA's position on these issues.
Congress is considering several proposals that would impose additional Medicare site-neutral payment reductions for services provided in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs).
Legislative efforts to enact a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) proposal that would impose site-neutral payment cuts on hospitals for certain outpatient services — including those occurring in both on-campus and off-campus hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) — would lead to…
Telehealth connects patients to vital health care services through videoconferencing, remote monitoring, electronic consults and wireless communications. By increasing access to physicians and specialists, telehealth helps ensure patients receive the right care, at the right place, at the right…
If Congress cuts Medicaid, hospitals would see significant negative impacts that vary by policy.
Facility fees are the portion of a health care treatment bill that covers all the costs of delivering patient care, except for those that are billed by physicians and other professionals.
Given the pending expiration of several waivers, the AHA urges Congress to act to extend this critical lifeline for treatment and work towards a permanent pathway for provision of telehealth services.
Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that care for patients in vulnerable communities.
The AHA strongly opposes site-neutral payment cuts, which would reduce access to critical health care services, especially in rural and other underserved communities.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely used in the health care field for decades. Hospitals and health systems, for example, have developed or used AI tools to help increase the quality and efficiency
of care, including supporting clinicians in determining diagnoses, prognoses and specific…
Congressional action is needed to ensure greater oversight of MA plans as these rules are implemented and to enable CMS to enforce existing regulations designed to protect beneficiary access to medically necessary services.