Current & Emerging Payment Models
AHA responds to the CMS Request for Information on direct provider contracting.
AHA statement before the Senate Finance Committee on "Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities."
The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee recently submitted four recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services, including a recommendation that the agency test the AHA-supported Advanced Care Model to support people with advanced illness. The Coalition…
Please urge your representative to cosponsor the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act (H.R. 5678)
The Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678) would establish a new rural facility designation under the Medicare program, allowing facilities meeting certain requirements to provide 24/7…
AHA letter to Representative Ron King expressing support for the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678).
AHA letter to Rep.. Lynn Jenkins expressing support for the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678).
WASHINGTON (May 7, 2018) – Today, the American Hospital Association (AHA) commended the introduction of the Rural Emergency Medical Center (REMC) Act of 2018
The American Hospital Association’s Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities issued a report in 2016, recommending Congress establish new models of care to provide communities options to protect and stabilize access to health care services. The Rural Emergency Medical Center (REMC)…
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AHA Chair Nancy Howell Agee yesterday said that the health care field needs “to transform” and “find ways to deliver care that provides value and is affordable.”
In her investiture address at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting, Agee spoke about the AHA’s Value Initiative and…