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Haupert named to CBO’s Panel of Health Advisers
AHA Board Chair John Haupert is among those named to the Congressional Budget Office’s 2023 Panel of Health Advisers, it was announced recently.
Video spotlights AHA’s work to support the nation’s hospitals
A new video highlights AHA’s work with Congress and policymakers this year to help the nation’s hospitals and health systems stabilize their finances, strengthen their workforce and secure their ability to serve their communities.
CDC recommends immunizing all infants under 8 months old against RSV
FDA last month approved a new long-acting monoclonal antibody to prevent RSV in this age group.
AHA, other national groups support bill to extend visa-waiver program for physicians
In a letter August 1 to House and Senate sponsors, the AHA and 48 other national associations voiced strong support for the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4942/S. 665), bipartisan legislation that would extend for three years the Conrad State 30 program, which allows states to request J-1 visa waivers for foreign physicians to work in federally designated shortage and underserved areas.
Make August Count: Host Your Lawmakers at Your Hospital
Legislators need to be aware of the work that hospitals and health systems do now more than ever because the House and Senate are considering so-called site-neutral legislation that would further reduce Medicare funding for patient services provided by hospitals.
Senate committee passes HHS appropriations bill for FY 2024
The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 26-2 to approve legislation that would provide $224.4 billion in funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education in fiscal year 2024, a 7% cut below the prior fiscal year.
Price transparency bill with site-neutral cuts, competition bill advance in House
The House Ways and Means Committee July 26 voted 25-16 to pass the Health Care Price Transparency Act (H.R. 4822), legislation that would impose additional site-neutral payment cuts and regulatory burdens on off-campus hospital outpatient departments, impose additional Medicare sequester cuts on hospitals, and codify and make changes to hospital price transparency regulations.
Senate HELP committee to consider workforce bill with site-neutral cuts
Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., July 19 introduced legislation that would use site-neutral payments to fund community health centers and health care workforce initiatives.
FTC withdraws health care antitrust enforcement guidance
The Federal Trade Commission July 14 voted 3-0 to withdraw two antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in health care markets, calling the 1996 and 2021 statements outdated. The Department of Justice withdrew the same statements in February.
FTC urged to extend comment period for proposed rule on premerger notification
The AHA July 17 joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations in urging the Federal Trade Commission to extend for 60 days the comment period for recently proposed changes to the premerger notification rules, form and instructions implementing the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.