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Action Alert
Member

Urge Your Legislators to Protect Patients from Surprise Bills, Reject Rate Setting

Recently, a number of proposals have been introduced in Congress to address surprise medical billing.
News

AHA comments on Senate legislation to address surprise medical bills

The AHA commented today on the Stopping the Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills (S. 1531), legislation developed by the Senate Bipartisan Working Group to address surprise medical bills.
News

Rule expanding use of health reimbursement arrangements finalized

The departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury yesterday finalized a rule that will allow employers to use health reimbursement arrangements to pay a portion of the premiums.
News

CDC: More U.S. adults are physically active, but not enough

Between 2008 and 2017, the share of adults meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans increased from 19.4% to 25.3% among urban residents and from 13.3% to 19.6% among rural residents.
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Perspective: Protecting patients from surprise bills

Surprise billing has no place in health care and America’s hospitals and health systems are committed to protecting patients from this unfair practice.
Action Alert
Member

Contact Your Senator on HELP Committee and Urge Them Not to Include 340B Provisions as Part of Legislative Package

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has released the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 – bipartisan discussion draft legislation to reduce health care costs.
Webinars
Public

Expanding Access to Behavioral Health through Hospital & CCBHC Collaboration

We also hope you'll join us on the AHA and the National Council for Behavioral Health on Wednesday, June 12 at 3:30 p.m. ET for a virtual workshop on: Expanding Access to Behavioral Health through Collaboration: Lessons from a Portland Hospital & CCBHC.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA's Comments Re: Stopping the Outrageous Practice (STOP) of Surprise Bills Act of 2019 (S. 1531)

AHA provides specific feedback to the Senate Bipartisan Working Group on the Stopping the Outrageous Practice (STOP) of Surprise Bills Act of 2019 (S. 1531).
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Midland Memorial uses predictive analytics to maximize nurse staffing

In this podcast, two Midland Memorial Hospital executives discuss how the system creates value through higher patient experience scores, lower labor costs, less overtime and higher nurse satisfaction scores.
Trustee Magazine Articles

Who Is Accountable for this Patient?

Payers in population health contracts are using claims data to identify the physician responsible for a patient’s health and spending. It’s an inexact science that can aggravate providers before empowering them.