Action Alert
黑料正能量 Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., are asking their Senate colleagues to sign onto a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to re-evaluate the agency鈥檚 fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule and consider using鈥�
Several House and Senate committees will hold hearings this week on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health May 17 is expected to mark up a series of proposed bills following a set of hearings on transparency and competition in health care. As part of its April 26 hearing, the subcommittee discussed 17 draft bills, some of which would be harmful to鈥�
Reps. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Dan Crenshaw, R-T.X., Diana DeGette, D-Colo.., and Michael Burgess, R-T.X., are spearheading a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥� letter urging House leadership to take action to prevent the pending cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, which are scheduled to鈥�
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight April 26 will hold a hearing that will include discussion of hospitals鈥� and health systems鈥� status as tax-exempt organizations and the IRS鈥� community benefit standard. We ask that you reach out to your representative on the Ways and Means鈥�
Several House subcommittees April 26 will hold hearings on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems, including transparency, site-neutral payment policies, tax-exempt status, workforce shortages and the Provider Relief Fund.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health is expected to hold a follow-up hearing on transparency and competition in health care. The AHA appreciates your outreach in advance of the March 28 hearing; however, based on the comments representatives made during the recent hearing, it is鈥�
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Dec. 6 released a proposed rule to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization. The proposed rule places new requirements on Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations; state鈥�
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Dec. 14 issued its Medicare Advantage (MA) proposed rule for contract year 2024. The AHA has developed a model comment letter that hospitals and health systems can use to assist with submitting their own comments on the proposed rule to CMS.
As Congress deliberates on its lame-duck legislative agenda, the AHA continues to urge congressional leaders to include a number of key priorities in a year-end spending package.