![Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., headshot. Leadership Dialogue. A conversation with AHA Chair Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., and Robert Brady, Director of Anxiety Disorders Service, Dartmouth Health.](/sites/default/files/2024-07/leadership-dialogue-conroy-brady-900x400.jpg)
As urged by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make a one-time adjustment to the 96-hour average annual patient length-of-stay requirement for critical access hospitals in the Medicare program to account for its blanket waiver of the requirement during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the agency announced today.