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Over the past year, there has been considerable public and policymaker focus on the issues of surprise medical billing and health care price transparency. The AHA supports protecting patients from surprise medical bills and improving patient access to meaningful pricing information. The following…
In this members-only white paper by the AHA Center for Health Innovation, John Riggi, senior adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the AHA, and Edward You, supervisory special agent for weapons of mass destruction at the FBI, outline growing concern among the FBI, Congress and some health care…
Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) May 23 released the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 – bipartisan discussion draft legislation focused on reducing health care costs.
Health Care Disruption - In this presentation, the AHA looks at the trends that make health care ripe for disruption, who is disrupting and why. In addition, the AHA presents a framework to help hospital and health systems better understand how this disruption is manifesting and propose questions…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 16 released a final rule with the intent of lowering drug prices for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and Part D programs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released proposed guidelines around hospital co-location arrangements. The draft guidance seeks to clarify how CMS and state surveyors will evaluate co-location arrangements for compliance with the Medicare conditions of participation.
The Value Initiative Snapshot Summary 2019 is a members-only resource that aggregates data from a variety of sources, including the AHA Annual Survey and our inaugural State of Value Survey. The Snapshot illustrates where hospitals are today in three areas:
The AHA released a detailed summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2020.
On April 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2020 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS). Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by June 18. The final rule is expected around August 1 and will…
On April 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems. Comments on the rule are due to CMS by June 24. This AAHA advisory covers the rule’s LTCH-related provisions.