New AHA document refutes six misleading conclusions from recent MedPAC report
The AHA today released a new document refuting six misleading conclusions from Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s 2023 report on hospital payment adequacy. See the new document here. In addition, see yesterday’s blog from Ashley Thompson, AHA’s senior vice president for public policy, for more on how some recent media articles have used MedPAC’s report to Congress to suggest a one-sided, inaccurate and misleading view of hospitals’ financial situations.
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