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AHA Comments on House Proposed "Lower Costs, More Transparency Act"
AHA comments regarding H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, provisions.
AHA submits comments on CY 2024 OPPS proposed rule, including price transparency
In comments submitted today, AHA expressed strong concern about the proposed hospital outpatient market basket update, noting it “does not capture either the unprecedented inflationary environment or the other persistent financial headwinds hospitals and health systems are experiencing.”
House committees poised to introduce health care bill
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education & Workforce Committees have released a summary of draft legislation the committees could introduce as soon as this week.
CMS reiterates IDR suspension in response to Texas court ruling
In response to an Aug. 24 ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas setting aside certain regulations implementing the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reiterated its earlier suspension of the IDR process, including the ability to initiate new disputes.
District court invalidates additional No Surprises Act regulations
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for a third time ruled to set aside certain regulations implementing the No Surprises Act.
The Buzz from the 2023 AHA Leadership Summit
Here’s what experts say health systems will need to do to build a future-ready workforce, achieve health equity goals and deliver care closer to home.
5 Insights from the AHA Leadership Summit
How to plan, execute and accelerate redesigned health care dominated discussions at the recent AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle, as hospital and health system leaders, retail care providers, innovators and entrepreneurs came together to assess what’s next for the field.
Inadequate Health Insurance Coverage Drives Medical Debt – Four Solutions to Address this Significant Problem
Trends in health insurance coverage are driving an increase in medical debt: these include inadequate enrollment in comprehensive health care coverage and high-deductible and skinny health plans that intentionally push more costs onto patients.
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.”
Federal judge strikes down No Surprises Act IDR fee increase, batching restrictions; CMS suspends IDR process in response
The federal government must vacate nationwide its federal fee increase and batching rule for the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process for certain out-of-network providers and group health plans because they violate the Administrative Procedures Act’s notice-and-comment requirement, a federal judge in Texas ruled Aug. 3, siding with the Texas Medical Association and other health care providers challenging the seven-fold fee increase and restrictions on batching related claims in a single payment dispute.