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PowerPlay Episode #5: Bi-Partisan possibilities and health care priorities for Congress | Rep. Josh Gottheimer
On June 28, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a founding member of the bi-partisan Problem Solvers Caucus, spoke with former AHA Board Chair, Brian Gragnolati, president and chief executive officer at Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, about health care priorities for Congress, including strengthening the Affordable Care Act, as well as additional relief and support for hospitals and health systems that are still managing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AHA urges HHS to extend hospitals’ deadline to spend PRF payments
AHA today asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to allow providers that received funding prior to June 30, 2020 to use their COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund payments through the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency or, at a minimum, through the end of 2021.
Hospital groups: Don’t use Medicare, provider relief to pay for infrastructure
The AHA and other national hospital organizations today urged Senate leadership and senators supporting a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure agreement reached with President Biden last week not to extend the 2% mandatory sequestration cut to Medicare or use unspent COVID-19 provider relief funds to help pay for the package.
AHA requests more time for hospitals navigating OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standards
AHA urged the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to delay by six months its compliance dates for the recently announced COVID-19 Health Care Emergency Temporary Standard, thus giving hospitals and health systems ample time to implement the policy’s many new requirements.
CMS issues home health proposed payment rule for CY 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 29 issued its calendar year 2022 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system.
CMS proposes updated Marketplace payment parameters for 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule with additional policies for health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces (exchanges) for plan years 2022 and beyond.
Amid national blood supply shortages, AHA launches conservation-and-donation campaign
In response to national blood supply shortages, the AHA provided members with tools and resources to help hospitals and health systems conserve blood supply and encourage donations throughout the summer.
Reminder: ARPA coverage subsidies for unemployed take effect July 1
Starting July 1, the American Rescue Plan Act makes individuals who receive unemployment compensation beginning in 2021 eligible for cost-sharing subsidies through the federally facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace.
HHS awards COVID-19 health literacy grants to communities
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health awarded local governments $250 million in grants to work with community-based organizations to increase health literacy about COVID-19 vaccination, mitigation and services among underserved and racial and ethnic minority populations.