Seven national healthcare organizations, including the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA), have asked Congress to prevent the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO)...
Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals (MAHs), which serve low-income and marginalized urban populations, offer a disproportionately high share of uncompensated care and have lower operating margins compared to...
When commenting on the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2023, the American...
2022 is shaping up to be the most financially difficult year for hospitals and health systems since the start of the pandemic, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA).
A new report...
Low reimbursement rates, staffing shortages, low patient volumes, and regulatory barriers are some of the root causes of rural hospital closures, the American Hospital Association (AHA) explains in a...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged CMS to reconsider the Medicare reimbursement update for home health agencies proposed in the Calendar Year 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System...
Rising patient acuity due to delayed healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to significant growth in hospital costs, according to a report from the American Hospital Association...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia to order HHS to immediately halt underpayments to hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing...
Medicare inpatient reimbursement cuts slated to take effect in the 2023 fiscal year would threaten access to care at hospitals, which are already facing substantially higher costs because of the...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked HHS to ensure 340B hospitals receive timely repayment following the Supreme Court’s decision that the department’s 340B Medicare...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has released the first of three reports detailing how hospital and health system leaders can help address healthcare workforce challenges by supporting worker...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked CMS to make several adjustments to the proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payment updates for fiscal year 2023, including...
The US Supreme Court has sided with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and other hospital groups and determined that the 340B Medicare reimbursement cuts for hospitals were unlawful.
In the 2018...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged CMS not to cut Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2023, as the agency put forth in its Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has recommended changes to the CMS Radiation Oncology (RO) Model following the agency’s decision to delay the model’s start date.
In a letter to CMS...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has expressed support for a new bill that would direct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to increase surveillance of travel nursing agencies and their...
Nonprofit hospitals offered more than $110 billion in community benefits in fiscal year 2019, exceeding the value of their federal tax exemption by nearly nine times, according to a report Ernst &...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has asked CMS to adjust the final Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) rule for FY 2023, noting concerns about the proposed...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and 25 other healthcare organizations have asked Congress to increase funding for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program to...
Twelve hospital groups, including the American Hospital Association (AHA), have urged HHS to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) an additional 90 days past the current July expiration...
