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AHA: Don't cut hospitals to pay for antimicrobial drug provision

The AHA today urged the House Energy and Commerce Committee not to cut payments to hospitals to pay for Section 2123 of the 21st Century Cures Act, which provides for additional payment under Medic

AHA testifies at hearing on hospital observation stays

The Senate Special Committee on Aging today held a hearin

AHA recommends changes to FDA guidance to preserve access to drug/biological products

The AHA today urged the Food and Drug Administration to revise its draft guidance for mixing, diluting or repackaging biological products to permit longer beyond-use-dates if testing or validated s

NH hospitals seeing fewer uninsured residents under Medicaid expansion plan

New Hampshire hospitals saw 22% fewer emergency visits, 27% fewer admissions and 15% fewer outpatient visits by uninsured patients in the first nine months of the state’s Medicaid expansion a

AHA issues toolkit on appropriate use of PCI for heart disease patients

A new toolkit from the AHA’s Physician Leadership Forum addresses the appropriate use of elective percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with acute heart disease.

AHA testifies at hearing on hospital observation stays

The Senate Special Committee on Aging today held a hearing to examine

RACs' administrative burden takes toll on hospitals

When it comes to hospital disputes with Medicare’s recovery audit contractors – or RACs – this one is a doozy.

AHA urges Congress to preserve ban on physician self-referral

The AHA today urged Congress to preserve the ban on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals and restrictions on the growth of existing physician-owned hospitals.

AHA expresses concern about 340B changes under consideration by Congress

The AHA is concerned about provisions that were included in draft legislation that would have made significant changes to the 340B Drug Pricing Program, AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack sa

Hospital associations, hospitals challenge 0.2% Medicare cut for FFY 2015

The AHA today joined four other hospital associations and four hospital organizations in challenging as unlawful a 0.2% reduction in Medicare payment rates to hospitals for inpatient services furni