Fact Sheets
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) fact sheets on important issues facing hospitals and health systems. Fact Sheets define the terms of issues facing hospitals and health systems and provide in-depth explanations of the AHA's position on these issues.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee June 19 introduced the Lower Health Care Costs Act (S.1895), legislation to prevent surprise medical bills, reduce prescription drug prices, improve transparency in health care, invest in public health and improve health information鈥
The House Energy and Commerce Committee in July passed legislation, The No Surprises Act (H.R. 2328), to prevent surprise medical bills.
AHA Ask: Policymakers should focus on assisting rural hospitals in their negotiations with payers and providing the incentives and resources needed to maintain鈥
Congress and CMS have set in motion an ambitious plan to significantly reform post-acute care, which includes long-term care hospitals (LTCH), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), skilled nursing facilities SNF) and home health (HH) agencies.
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) serve a unique and valuable role within the Medicare program by treating patients who require hospital-level care in conjunction with intensive rehabilitation.
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 imposed caps on the number of residents for which each teaching hospital is eligible to receive Medicare direct graduate medical education (DGME) and indirect medical education (IME) payments. These caps have remained in place and have generally only been adjusted as鈥
Long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) serve a critical role within the Medicare program by treating the sickest patients who need extended hospital stays. This important role is under threat as the LTCH field implements the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 requirement for 鈥渟ite-neutral鈥 payments for cases鈥
In 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expanded Medicare coverage for virtual services and the agency provides waivers in some alternative payment models, but more fundamental change is needed to expand payment to all geographic areas and all services that are safe to provide via鈥
Each year, the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) publishes aggregate information on the level of uncompensated care 鈥 care provided for which no payment is received 鈥 delivered by all types of U.S. hospitals.
Each year, the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) publishes aggregate information on the level of uncompensated care 鈥 care provided for which no payment is received 鈥 delivered by all types of U.S. hospitals.
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