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Deadline extended to March 15 for completing IFDHE’s Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey
The survey by AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity will help paint an accurate picture of the state of health equity, diversity and inclusion in hospitals and health systems.
Urge Congress to Provide Hospitals with Support to Address Continued COVID-19 Challenges
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., and part of its focus will be passing a package that funds the federal government through October.
Talking Points on Surprise Medical Billing Legislation
AHA talking points on surprise medical billing and the major provisions of three bills pending before Congress.
Talking Points on “Medicare for All”
A variety of public policy proposals to expand health coverage and contain costs have been suggested that are often characterized as “single payer” approaches. The most popular is often referred to as “Medicare for All.” Moreover, “Medicare for All” is a term that is used interchangeably, and could include everything from a government-administered single payer approach using the Medicare program as the vehicle, to an option of allowing individuals under 65 years of age to “buy-in” or purchase Medicare coverage.
Talking Points: Hospitals and Health Systems – COVID-19 Response
Talking Points: Hospitals and Health Systems – COVID-19 Response
340B Good Stewardship Principles Talking Points
In an era of skyrocketing drug prices, the 340B drug pricing program is helping to ensure access to care for vulnerable patients and communities across the nation.
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Talking Points: Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements
This document requests action to spur Congress to fully reinstate June reporting requirements for the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund during its ‘lame-duck session.’
Talking Points on Surprise Medical Billing Legislation
Overall Talking Points on Surprise Billing Solutions: Patients should be protected from surprise bills. They should not be balance billed for emergency services or for out-of-network services obtained in any in network facility when they reasonably could have assumed that the providers were in-network with their health plan.
Disclosure Rule Lawsuit – Talking Points
These talking points are intended to help understand and explain why the hospital field has filed the lawsuit challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rule requiring disclosure of individually negotiated contracts with commercial health insurers and why we remain hopeful CMS will change direction to benefit patients.
Fact Sheet: No Provider Relief Funds Have Been Allocated for Delta, Omicron COVID-19 Surges
To date, there have been approximately 4.5 million total reported COVID-19 hospital admissions, with 49% of those admissions occurring since July 1, 2021 during the Delta and Omicron surges. Despite these drastic surges, no Provider Relief Funds have been allocated or disbursed to address the multitude of challenges that have resulted from these surges.