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Budget reconciliation is an optional process under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that allows for expedited consideration of certain fiscal legislation that makes changes to mandatory spending, revenues and/or the debt limit.
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The AHA Board of Trustees created the Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and conducted field hearings to speak with hospital and…
A new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine offers hospitals a glimpse of how artificial intelligence (AI) could make prevention programs more accessible without compromising results.
A new AHA Trailblazers report, “Small Things Matter in Infection Prevention,” explores how hospitals are expanding surveillance programs to include peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) and other vascular access devices — an area that represents both high volume and untapped opportunity for…
Today the Federation of American Hospitals and the American Hospital Association released a new study conducted by Dobson | DaVanzo that underscores the threat to patient care of expanding physician-owned hospitals (POHs) in rural communities.
Our analysis shows that the introduction of a POH could negatively impact the financial health of existing SCHs by siphoning profitable service types and reducing their proportion of healthier, commercially insured patients.
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government moved quickly to ensure hospitals and health systems were able to leverage telehealth services to respond efficiently and effectively to a wave of unprecedented need.
Contact:Colin Milligan, cmilligan@aha.orgBen Teicher, bteicher@aha.org
EY was commissioned by the American Hospital Association to analyze the federal revenue forgone due to the tax exemptions of U.S. nonprofit hospitals relative to the community benefits they provide. This study presents estimates for 2022, the most recent year for which complete comparable community…