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America’s Hospitals and Health Systems Letter to HHS on CMS Medicaid State Directed Payments (SDPs)

We strongly support CMS’ efforts to ensure that providers have the resources they need to care for Medicaid beneficiaries, including by increasing transparency and oversight in provider payment. However, we are deeply concerned that certain proposed policies may undercut the agency’s efforts by jeopardizing states’ access to critical financial resources.
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A Workforce for the New Era of Equitable Health Care

In this conversation, hear from three experts who believe that expanding and integrating this talent pool into America's hospitals and health systems could provide a bridge to meeting future health care needs.
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AHA Expresses Support for the No Fees for EFTs Act

AHA expresses support for the No Fees for EFTs Act.
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AHA-supported bill would ban health plan fees for electronic fund transfers

A bipartisan group of House members Nov. 28 introduced AHA-supported legislation that would prohibit health insurers from charging fees for standard electronic fund transfers to pay health care providers for services.
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CMS releases IDR batching FAQs, reschedules webinar to Nov. 30

In response to recent court decisions that set aside certain regulations implementing the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution process, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 28 released FAQs explaining how certified IDR entities may determine whether a dispute is appropriately batched and clarifying certain other provisions and its policy for extending existing IDR deadlines once the federal IDR portal reopens to all batched disputes and single disputes involving air ambulance services.
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ASHE conference rebrand wins marketing award

The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering recently received a MarCom Gold Award for excellence in marketing and communication for its Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference, the new name and brand for its annual conference.
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United Against the Flu toolkit features handwashing, ‘winter wonderland’ themes

AHA’s latest social media toolkit for encouraging vaccination against the flu and COVID-19 focuses on handwashing and winter- and family-themed messages.
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Podcast: Understanding Perinatal Depression with UMass Memorial

In the latest episode in AHA’s three-part series on maternal health, Tiffany Moore Simas, M.D., chair of obstetrics and gynecology at UMass Memorial, discusses the concerning prevalence of perinatal depression, and the options available to provide moms with a lifeline.
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HSR journal releases special issue on health equity

Health Services Research, the flagship publication of AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust, Nov. 28 released with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality a special edition focused on health equity.
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PCORI awards maternal health research grants

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Nov. 28 awarded $80.5 million to support comparative clinical effectiveness studies on the health care and social factors that contribute to inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality.