Special Bulletin
The American Hospital Association (AHA) sends members Special Bulletins on the latest health care news, legislation, and advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The AHA Wednesday, May 18 at 3 p.m. ET will host a webinar for AHA members during which GE Healthcare will provide an update on the shortage of its Omnipaque (iohexol) and Visipaque (iodixanol) intravenous contrast media products for computed tomography imaging.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 29 finalized its Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for Contract Year (CY) 2023.
The AHA commends CMS on the updates to the network adequacy standards, which are critical to ensuring that patients have access to the care they need. We also strongly support CMS’ attention to advancing health equity and look forward to continued partnership on this important work.
The AHA continues to push back forcefully against MA plan policies that restrict or delay patient access to care, and add cost and burden to the health care system, while also contributing to health care worker burnout.
The American Hospital Association today released a new report that examines the tremendous growth in a variety of input costs for hospitals and health systems, including expenses for workforce, drugs, supplies and equipment, as well as the impact of skyrocketing economy-wide inflation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued the fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 18 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023.
The Departments of Health, Treasury and Labor (collectively, “the departments”) today opened the federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) portal as authorized by the No Surprises Act. They also opened the patient-provider dispute resolution process and released updated guidance to IDR…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS). Of importance to hospitals are policies including a proposed payment update and budget neutrality adjustment.
The Vice President today announced several new actions from across the federal government aimed at learning more about the scope of medical debt practices, reducing the role that medical debt plays in accessing credit, forgiving low-income verterans’ medical debt, and improving consumer education…