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CMS Innovation Center to end four payment models early

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 12 announced that it will end four payment models early, terminating each by the end of 2025.

AHA discusses how Congress can improve support for post-acute care

The AHA March 11 shared ways Congress could better support patient access to post-acute care in comments for a hearing held by the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.
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AHA Statement to House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health for Hearing March 11, 2025

Post-acute care is provided to patients who have been discharged from an acute-care hospital but still require services such as close medical supervision, nursing care, therapies and other support.

House bill reintroduced extending Medicare-dependent hospital and low-volume adjustment programs

The AHA voiced support for the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act, legislation reintroduced March 3 by Reps. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., and Terri Sewell, D-Ala., that would extend the Medicare-dependent hospital and low-volume adjustment programs for five years each. 
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AHA Comments to MedPAC on Rural Medicare Beneficiary Cost-sharing

February 28, 2025Michael Chernew, Ph.D.ChairmanMedicare Payment Advisory Commission425 I Street, NW, Suite 701Washington, D.C. 20001Dear Dr. Chernew: 
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The Growing Impact of Medicare Advantage on Rural Hospitals Across America

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Washington update panel discusses legislative priorities for rural health care

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack joined AHA’s Chad Golder, senior vice president and general counsel, Travis Robey, vice president of political affairs, and Shannon Wu, director of payment policy, for a discussion on the ever-shifting landscape of health care affairs on Capitol Hill.
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Fact Sheet: Facility Fees

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.

AHA report examines how growth of MA heightens challenges for rural hospitals

A new AHA report highlights how certain practices by Medicare Advantage plans are increasing rural hospitals' vulnerabilities and threatening access to care in rural communities.

OIG report finds just 40% of Medicare enrollees who started treatment for opioid use disorder continued

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Feb. 18 released a report that found about 40% of Medicare enrollees who began opioid use disorder treatment with buprenorphine continued with it for at least six months in office-based settings.