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Fact Sheet: How Commercial Insurers Turned Ending Surprise Medical Bills into an Industry Windfall
The one issue that all stakeholders – hospitals, physicians, insurers and consumers – agree on is that
patients should not be balance billed for emergency services, or for services obtained in any in-network
facility when the patient could reasonably have assumed that the providers caring for them were in-network
with their health plan.
Special Bulletin: House Committees Release Legislation to Address Surprise Medical Bills
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Ranking Member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, this morning released legislative text of the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020, the committee’s proposal to address surprise medical bills.
Tomorrow is deadline to complete IFDHE survey
The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity encourages all hospitals to complete its 2019 Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey by the extended deadline of Feb. 14.
Program to recognize hospital efforts to prevent heart attacks, stroke
Hospitals and health systems can apply to participate in the Million Hearts Hospitals & Health Systems Recognition Program, which will recognize organizations working to improve cardiovascular health in their communities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
Applications open for 2020 AHA Innovation Challenge
The AHA has launched its 2020 Innovation Challenge – a leading competition to accelerate health care innovation. This year’s challenge asks AHA members and their partners to help make behavioral health care more accessible and affordable.
CDC: Fewer families report problems paying medical bills
An estimated 14.2% of U.S. residents said they or a family member had problems paying medical bills in 2018, down from 19.7% in 2011, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
How Can Hospitals and Health Systems Improve Behavioral Health?
One in every five American adults are living with a behavioral health disorder. Roughly half of these people don’t receive treatment. How should the health care field respond? What can be done to improve access and affordability? Learn more from AHA's Center for Health Innovation.
NJ leader cites AHA TrendWatch as a resource to address workforce challenges
Cathy Bennett, president and CEO of the New Jersey Hospital Association, talks about the latest AHA workforce TrendWatch and how hospitals and health systems in her state champion programs to support a skilled and dynamic workforce.