Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the American Hospital Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 27 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2019. CMS will accept comments on this rule through June 26. Key takeaways from the rule follow in the Advisory…
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday unanimously advanced President Trump’s nomination of John Bartrum to serve as assistant secretary for financial resources in the Department of Health and Human Services.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday approved 32 bills to address the opioid crisis, including 12 AHA-supported bills.
AHA letter to Representatives Greg Walden, and Frank Pallone expressing support for The Limited Repeal of the IMD Exclusion for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries with Substance Use Disorder Act.
The same cohort of authors responsible for the Health Care Pricing Project’s flawed 2015 paper recently released an updated version.
AHA expresses strong support for legislation that would allow responsible sharing of patient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment information and prevent inappropriate and dangerous prescribing of opioids by amending 42 CFR Part 2 to align with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
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The timing of the AHA Annual Membership Meeting presents a “real opportunity to talk with your members of Congress about what you are doing back home,” specifically how hospitals are improving value and affordability, coping with escalating drug prices and working at the front…
The American Hospital Association Grassroots Champion Award recognizes those hospital leaders who most effectively educate elected officials on how major issues affect the hospital’s vital role in the community.
The Department of Health and Human Services this week released a plan to better coordinate federal and state efforts to enforce parity requirements under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and other federal laws.