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The AHA today unveiled a set of principles to help inform the ongoing federal policy debate regarding surprise billing.  “The last thing a patient should worry about in a health crisis is an unanticipated medical bill,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “We must protect patients from…
National hospital organizations, including the AHA, today urged congressional leaders to delay the start of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts that are scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2020.
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider alternative payment solutions to promote beneficiary access to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy and other new technologies.
Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2020, the AHA said it remains committed to ensuring that consumers have access to comprehensive coverage through the health insurance marketplaces.
The AHA Friday shared recommendations for developing a unified post-acute care prospective payment system as required by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014.
The AHA today voiced support for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to rescind plans to implement the Health Plan Identifier and Other Entity Identifier in electronic health care transactions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
The Food and Drug Administration Friday released draft guidance on how drug developers can apply for the agency’s Competitive Generic Therapies designation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed Medicare cover chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration when they are prescribed by the treating oncologist and performed in a hospital meeting certain criteria.
Congress last night approved legislation providing discretionary funding for certain federal programs for fiscal year 2019, preventing a shutdown of those programs tonight when their current funding expires.
Hospitals and clinicians are seeing fewer flu patients this season than in other recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.