Access & Health Coverage
CMS published in the Dec. 23, 2013 Federal Register a proposed methodology for determining payments to states under the Basic Health Program for 2015.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is changing how private insurance is bought and sold in the U.S.
AHA today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Department of Health and Human Services in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude all drugs with an orphan designation from an HHS final rule expanding the 340B drug discount program to rural and cancer hospitals under the Patient…
The Department of Health and Human Services in two recent documents expressed conflicting views that have implications for hospitals and health systems that wish to subsidize premiums for health plans purchased on the health insurance exchanges for individuals in need of assistance.
An analysis of whether there are legal barriers to offering financial assistance to a patient by paying their health insurance premiums in participating health plans through the Health Insurance Marketplaces ("Exchanges") created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
America's hospitals play a vital role in their communities, providing not only access to needed health care services but also connections to health care coverage.
On June 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule with additional, mostly technical, standards for the operation of health insurance exchanges, also known as health insurance marketplaces, established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
In an historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ruling 5-4 that the laws individual mandate to purchase health insurance was within Congresss taxing authority.
As we all prepare for the U.S. Supreme Court to issue its decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the coming weeks, the AHA is working to ensure that we provide the hospital field with relevant and timely information.