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Rural Health News Update November 16, 2023
The following is a compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Rural Health Services team, whose focus is to ensure that rural hospitals’ and health systems’ unique needs are national priorities.
Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for FY 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 10 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2024 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS). The LTCH proposals of the rule are covered in this regulatory advisory.
Setting the Record Straight: Hospitals are Implementing Price Transparency Policies and Helping Patients Understand Costs
Hospitals and health systems are committed to empowering patients with all the information they need to live their healthiest lives.
Perspective: We Must Keep Our Hospitals Strong and Communities Healthy
In order to achieve this mission, hospitals must remain financially viable. But for many hospitals and health systems that’s becoming increasingly difficult as they manage the aftermath and aftershocks of the most significant public health crisis in a century, all of which occurs against the backdrop of historic workforce shortages, broken supply chains, and rabid inflation that has increased the cost of caring.
Video: Hospital, health system leaders discuss financial challenges jeopardizing access to care
A new AHA video features hospital and health system leaders from across the country sharing how severe financial pressures
ACTION NEEDED: New Analysis Shows Site-neutral Proposals Would Reduce Medicare Payments to Hospitals by Billions
Congress continues to discuss a number of proposals that would enact additional site-neutral payment cuts. The AHA strongly opposes these proposals because they would reduce Medicare payments to hospitals and health systems, creating a significantly negative impact on the field’s financial sustainability and further contributing to Medicare’s chronic failure to cover the cost of caring for its beneficiaries.
AHA releases National Hospital Week planning guide
May 7-13 is National Hospital Week, an annual celebration of hospitals and the men and women who support the health of their communities.
Chair File: Hospitals Focus on Patient Safety This Week and All Year
Of course, every day of every week, our teams working within hospitals dedicate time, skill and resources to provide safe, high-quality care to patients.
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Updates
AHA updates on Change Healthcare, part of Optum and owned by UnitedHealth Group, 2024 cyberattack disrupting health care field.
AHA op-ed in The Hill pushes back against site-neutral proposals
An op-ed by AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack that ran in The Hill the week of July 3 outlines five reasons why site-neutral payment proposals are flawed and should be rejected.