Action Alert
黑料正能量 Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Recently, a number of proposals have been introduced in Congress to address surprise medical billing.
Reps. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Pete Olson, R-Texas, are asking their colleagues to join them in urging House leadership to delay for at least two years the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cuts scheduled to take effect Oct. 1.
Bipartisan bills were recently introduced in both chambers of Congress to help alleviate the critical shortage of physicians. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348/H.R. 1763) would add 3,000 Medicare-funded residency slots each fiscal year for the next five years, at least鈥
The Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 recent proposed rule could limit legal immigrants鈥 future immigration status based on their receipt of public benefits. Specifically, the rule proposes to change current policies that govern 鈥減ublic charge鈥 determinations, which assess how likely an individual鈥
Facing deadlines for responding to the lawsuit brought by the AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America's Essential Hospitals, 340B Health and three hospital systems, the Health Resources and Services Administration proposes a Jan. 1 compliance date for its final rule on 340B drug鈥
One hundred thirty-eight members of the House of Representatives Oct. 18 expressed concern with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.
Reps. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) are asking their House colleagues to sign on to a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider proposals to cut payments for evaluation and management鈥
Forty-eight senators Sept. 28 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reconsider its proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.
October 2, 2018鈥擱eps. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), chair of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) are asking their House colleagues to sign on to a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider proposals to cut payments for evaluation鈥
On June 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the physician self-referral law, more commonly known as the Stark law. CMS published the RFI to further its efforts to remove unnecessary obstacles to care coordination and鈥