Fact Sheets
The American Hospital Association (AHA) fact sheets on important issues facing hospitals and health systems. Fact Sheets define the terms of issues facing hospitals and health systems and provide in-depth explanations of the AHA's position on these issues.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, provides resources and flexibility for rural hospitals.
The Senate and House are both considering legislation to address surprise medical bills that patients may incur as a result of unexpected gaps in insurance coverage or medical emergencies. Below are brief summaries of the proposals under consideration. A
AHA Ask: AHA supports protecting patients from surprise medical bills. Policymakers should focus on assisting rural hospitals in their negotiations with payers and providing the incentives and resources needed to maintain local access to care and not undermine these communities with potentially…
The one issue that all stakeholders – hospitals, physicians, insurers and consumers – agree on is that
patients should not be balance billed for emergency services, or for services obtained in any in-network
facility when the patient could reasonably have assumed that the providers caring for them…
Patients should not be balance billed for emergency services, or for services obtained in any in-network facility when the patient could reasonably have assumed that the providers caring for them were in-network with their health plan.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in November 2019 issued the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation (MFAR) that would significantly change state Medicaid program financing and supplemental payments for providers.
In order for a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) to receive payment under Medicare Part A, Medicare currently requires physicians to certify that patients will be reasonably discharged or transferred to another hospital within 96 hours.
The Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration tests several new models of health care delivery for rural Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the most sparsely populated states.
This is a collection of Fact Sheets and Talking Points documents that the AHA has released on Surprise Medical Billing Legislation.