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ENGAGEMENT NEEDED: House Bill Includes Permanent Payment Cuts to Hospitals
The House of Representatives is expected to consider the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) next week, a bill that includes site-neutral payment cuts and detrimental provisions focused on hospital price transparency, among other issues.
AHA Comments on House Proposed "Lower Costs, More Transparency Act"
AHA comments regarding H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, provisions.
AHA Responds to CMS' Episode Based Payment Model Request for Information
AHA provides feedback on CMS' Episode Based Payment request for information.
AHA Statement of Record for House Ways and Means Committee July 26, 2023
The American Hospital Association would like to provide feedback on sections of H.R. 4822, the “Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023,” as well as H.R. 3284, the “Providers and Payers COMPETE Act.”
Urge Your Lawmakers Not to Enact Proposals That Would Reduce Access to Care
A series of recent developments in Congress are adding significant urgency to AHA’s fight against site-neutral payment and other policies that would irreparably damage hospitals’ abilities to care for their communities, including a move to use rate setting that would offer commercial insurers a financial windfall at the expense of providers.
Hospital Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule for CY 2024
The AHA is deeply concerned that CMS is proposing a CY 2024 outpatient hospital payment update of only 2.8% despite persistent financial headwinds facing the hospital field.
Protect Access to Care for Patients and Communities
Congress should enact policies to strengthen the health care workforce and reject harmful proposals that would cut Medicare or Medicaid payments to hospitals and reduce access to care and services for patients.
Making Health Care More Affordable: Price Transparency and Eliminating ‘Surprise’ Billing
Just as there are challenges to making health care more affordable, there are many opportunities to reduce costs without compromising care. Hospitals are pursuing these opportunities in variety of ways. Many are tackling the affordability issue already, seeking change that makes sense for them and the communities they serve, and working to improve, price transparency and eliminate ‘surprise’ billing.
AHA Statement Opposing House Energy & Commerce Committee Bill Markup
AHA statement on legislative proposals that are to be considered before the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 24.
How Minnesota Hospitals Re-built Their Community After George Floyd’s Murder
The AHA has released Rebuilding a New Minneapolis: From Tragedy to Transformation, a two-part video discussing how George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, has transformed diversity, equity and inclusion work in Minneapolis and its surrounding communities.