Access & Health Coverage
The CMS Jan. 31 issued a proposed rule that would implement the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces (or “exchanges”) for 2021.
The AHA is engaging in early primary states, including Iowa, with ads about rural health care and affordability to ensure issues important to hospitals and health systems stay in front of candidates.
The American Hospital Association’s 2021 public policy advocacy agenda seeks to continue to positively influence the public policy environment for patients, communities and the health care field. We will work hand in hand with our members; the state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations…
AHA comments to CMS on the transparency in coverage proposed rule. The AHA appreciates the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services’ (collectively, the departments) effort to increase the availability of useful information for patients, specifically, the proposal to improve…
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York preventing the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge final rule from taking effect while legal challenges to the rule proceed.
The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should determine the extent to which state Medicaid programs comply with federal requirements to cover medication-assisted treatment in all formats, and take actions as appropriate to ensure…
The AHA and five other national hospital groups filed a friend-of-the court brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to affirm a district court decision blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect while legal challenges to the rule proceed…
The AHA and five other national hospital groups today filed a friend-of-the court brief (LINK) urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to affirm a district court decision blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect while legal challenges to the…
A federal appeals court Dec. 18 ruled the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional, but it did not invalidate the entire law.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to the district court in Texas for the judge to “conduct a more searching inquiry” into which of…
Because of the Affordable Care Act, 20 million people have health insurance, millions with pre-existing conditions have access to the care they need and new and innovative models of care have been launched.