/ en Sun, 27 Apr 2025 07:50:45 -0500 Mon, 11 Dec 17 00:00:00 -0600 <div class="container row"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><p>For more than 30 years, the 340B drug savings program has provided financial relief to certain safety-net hospitals from high prescription drug costs.</p><p>Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that care for uninsured and low-income patients.</p><p>The AHA Advocacy Alliance for the 340B Program works to promote the value the 340B program provides to patients and communities and to oppose any efforts to scale back the program. Through email communications, conference calls and special briefings, the AHA 340B Advocacy Alliance keeps hospitals informed about the latest news and developments on the program, as well as actions hospital leaders can take to support the program.</p><p> </p><p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/340b-drug-savings-program-tools-resources"><strong>340B Drug Savings Program Tools & Resources</strong></a></p><hr></div><div class="col-md-4"><p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://sponsors.aha.org/AHA-Advocacy-Alliances-Interest-Page.html" target="_blank"><strong>Register here for the 340B Advocacy Alliance</strong></a><br> </p><div class="panel module-typeC"><div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel-title"> Learn More</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><ul><li><a href="/system/files/2019-01/fact-sheet-340b-0119_0.pdf">AHA 340B Factsheet</a></li><li><a href="/advisory/2019-01-17-memo-outlines-medicare-appeals-instructions-hospitals-340b-case-continues">Latest on AHA 340B Lawsuit</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/2018-03/340b-community-benefit-analysis.pdf">AHA Study: 340B Hospital Community Benefit Analysis</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/2018-04/340BFactvsFiction.pdf">Setting the Record Straight on 340B: Fact vs. Fiction</a></li><li><a href="/340b-studies-and-aha-responses">AHA Responds to Misleading Studies on 340B</a></li><li><a href="/system/files/2018-01/info340b.pdf">Infographic Explaining the Benefits of the 340B Program</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Advocacy Alliances <p>The Alliance will continue to engage rural hospitals in advocating for Critical Access Hospital priorities; appropriate policies for supervision of outpatient therapies; better relationships between hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Rural Health Centers (RHCs); "Tweener" priorities, and the RCH demonstration.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="https://sponsors.aha.org/AHA-Advocacy-Alliances-Interest-Page.html" target="_blank"><strong>AHA Members Only</strong> : Register Here</a></p> Tools and Resources </h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://aha.adobeconnect.com/pa3n1y23bh6z/" target="_blank">AHA Federal Update for Rural Hospitals Webinar, Sept. 25, 2019</a><br> This webinar begins with a brief review of the AHA Rural Report, which is our narrative on the challenges facing rural communities and the roadmap to ensure local access to high-quality, affordable care. We segue to the AHA advocacy agenda and the call to action for the balance of this session of congress and the upcoming election. We will conclude with a brief review of regulatory priorities.<br> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/09/2019-09-25_Rural-Alliance-Webinar.pdf">Download the webinar slide deck.</a> </li> <li> <a href="/system/files/2018-01/rural-advocacy-packet-digital-toolkit-.pdf" target="_blank">Advocacy Action Packet and Digital Toolkit</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.cms.gov/Center/Provider-Type/Critical-Access-Hospitals-Center.html?redirect=/center/cah.asp">The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' CAH Center website</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/">HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy website</a> </li> </ul>--> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Advocacy Alliances <p>The AHA strongly opposes policies to equalize Medicare payment rates for services provided in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) and those performed in other clinical settings. HOPDs provide access to critical hospital-based services that are not otherwise available in the community and treat higher-severity patients for whom the HOPD is the appropriate setting. In addition, they have higher cost structures than other facilities due to the need to have emergency stand-by capacity and higher costs associated with a myriad of regulatory requirements those facilities must legally meet.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="https://sponsors.aha.org/AHA-Advocacy-Alliances-Interest-Page.html" target="_blank"><strong>AHA Members Only</strong> | Register Here</a></p><hr><div class="container row"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="well"><p class="text-align-center table"><a href="/advocacy-issues/alliances/coordcarecallsq1.shtml"><strong>Site-neutral Advocacy Alliance Call Briefings</strong>:</a><br><a href="/advocacy-issues/alliances/coordcarecallsq1.shtml">Click here for audio recordings and more information</a></p></div></div></div></div> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Advocacy Alliances