Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the American Hospital Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
AHA comments to the FCC on Promoting Telehealth in Rural Areas
To reach that vision, the AHA and our members are committed to:
Rural hospitals provide essential health care services to some 57 million people. Because of their size, modest assets and financial reserves, and higher percentages of Medicare patients, small and rural hospitals disproportionately rely on government payments.
When hospital and health system leaders from across the nation come to the 2018 AHA Annual Membership Meeting, May 6-9, in Washington, D.C., they will make their voices heard on Capitol Hill.
The AHA generally supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposals to increase flexibility in plan design, cost sharing and enrollment for the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug programs in 2019, but recommends caution to ensure that the added flexibility provides value…
The AHA this week applauded the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s draft recommendation to provide positive updates for the inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems in 2019, noting the commission’s projection that the overall hospital Medicare margin will fall to negative 11% in…
It’s a new year but Congress has some old business to attend to—including many critical hospital and health system priorities. Both Houses of Congress will be back in session next week. Front and center is legislation to keep the government open past January 19.
Clarity is important in health care. It is particularly important when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is spelling out the “rules of the road” for hospitals to be able to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. Hospitals and their employees are dedicated to patient well-being…
How to Prepare Your Hospital: Collect & Report Mandated Quality Measures for Psychiatric Hospitals and Units in General Hospitals Paid Under IPF PPS