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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.