Special Bulletin
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) sends members Special Bulletins on the latest health care news, legislation, and advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The AHA will connect hospitals and health systems with businesses interested in vaccinating their employees as part of an effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations across the country, the White House announced today. The AHA will connect hospitals and health systems with local providers to assist…
The AHA expresses concern to UnitedHealthcare regarding its recent policy announcement to allow for the retroactive denial of coverage for emergency-level care in facilities.
President Biden today submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The budget primarily includes proposals from President Biden’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan. The budget includes a discussion of certain health care policies, such as a public option, lowering…
The New York Times today ran an article about hospital finances and COVID-19 relief. The following statement from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in response to the article was shared with the media this evening.
The AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate have developed numerous resources to assist hospitals and health systems in celebrating National Nurses Week, May 6-12, and National Hospital Week, May 9-15. We encourage you to use them in your efforts to honor the dedicated…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week released a second final notice of benefit and payment parameters to implement standards governing health insurance issuers and marketplaces for 2022 that were not finalized in the Jan. 19 final rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 29 issued a rule finalizing changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, which bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery. Under this model, hospitals in which a joint replacement…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued the fiscal year (FY) 2022 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS). This Special Bulletin reviews highlights of the LTCH provisions in this rule, while the inpatient…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 27 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2022. In addition to proposing a 2.8% increase in inpatient PPS payments for 2022 and other…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late on April 27, 2021, issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS proposed rule for fiscal year 2022. AHA staff are reviewing the rule.