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Fact Sheet: Provider/Health Plan Contracting Provisions Reduce Access to Care

The Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act (S. 2840) includes a provision that would prevent doctors and hospitals from negotiating reasonable agreements with commercial health insurance plans.
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Fact Sheet: Medical Debt

The Issue Two trends in health insurance coverage are driving an increase in medical debt: inadequate hea
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Report: Examining the Real Factors Driving Physician Practice Acquisition

Policymakers and others have expressed growing concern about the trend of physician practices becoming affiliated with hospitals and health systems.

Workforce Shortages Delay Patient Discharges and Exacerbate Providers’ Severe Financial Challenges

Significant workforce shortages at facilities, such as those in post-acute and behavioral health, is making it more difficult for hospitals to efficiently and appropriately discharge patients. Hospitals have to bear the costs of caring for patients for those excess days without any reimbursement.

Fact Sheet: Advocacy Priorities for Fall 2022

America’s hospitals and health systems continue to deal with the difficult challenges of high inflation and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, hospitals are facing significant increases in costs of labor from workforce shortages, drugs, equipment and supplies (including food and energy costs) that are threatening their stability and ability to provide access to high quality health care services. The AHA has developed resources that hospital leaders can use to advocate on these important issues.
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Fact Sheet: AHA Urges Congress to Call on CMS to Stop Cuts to Hospitals

America’s hospitals and health systems continue to face unprecedented financial pressures due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and current inflationary economy. Historic inflation has extended and heightened the already severe economic instability brought on by the pandemic resulting in razor thin operating margins from massive surges in input costs, including a struggling workforce, drug costs, supplies and equipment.

Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Health Care Workforce

The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for the infrastructure that supports the health care workforce needs of the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future.

Key Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The following are highlights of provisions included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that may affect hospitals and health systems and the communities they serve.
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Key Messages on Consolidation

The financial health of the hospital field has been shaken during the pandemic. Health systems have demonstrated benefits. Mergers expand the capacity of smaller and rural hospitals. A focus on hospital consolidation ignores larger market trends. The cost of providing care continues to increase. Critics of mergers too often rely on incomplete evidence. Commercial insurers do not always pass on savings from lower hospital prices.

Fact Sheet: AHA Priorities for Budget Reconciliation Package to Support America’s Hospitals and Health Systems

It is imperative that Congress invest in America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future. The AHA supports investments in infrastructure, such as the health care workforce, behavioral health, the accessibility and affordability of health care coverage, emergency preparedness and the health care supply chain, telehealth and cybersecurity, among other areas.