Current & Emerging Payment Models
The Bipartisan Budget Act retroactively extended the enhanced low-volume payment adjustment, which provides an add-on payment to qualifying low-volume hospitals to help improve access to care in rural areas.
AHA responds to the CMS Request for Information on direct provider contracting.
AHA statement before the Senate Finance Committee on "Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities."
The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee recently submitted four recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services, including a recommendation that the agency test the AHA-supported Advanced Care Model to support people with advanced illness. The Coalition…
Clinch Valley Medical Center: Committed to improving patient health and well-being.
Please urge your representative to cosponsor the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act (H.R. 5678)
The Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678) would establish a new rural facility designation under the Medicare program, allowing facilities meeting certain requirements to provide 24/7…
AHA letter to Representative Ron King expressing support for the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678).
AHA letter to Rep.. Lynn Jenkins expressing support for the Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 (H.R. 5678).
WASHINGTON (May 7, 2018) – Today, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) commended the introduction of the Rural Emergency Medical Center (REMC) Act of 2018
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association’s Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities issued a report in 2016, recommending Congress establish new models of care to provide communities options to protect and stabilize access to health care services. The Rural Emergency Medical Center (REMC)…