Fact Sheets
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ 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 ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association, a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals, along with UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization, formed an alliance to improve the health of communities across the nation and increase…
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The AHA Section for Metropolitan Hospitals represents the Nation’s metropolitan/urban, suburban, public and teaching hospitals. The Section and its council identify priority issues to address and ways to define and focus AHA policy, advocacy and service efforts on behalf of all metropolitan…
The AHA Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities examined ways in which the access to and delivery of care could be improved. This strategy – focused on cooperation and collaboration through integration of rural hospitals and health clinics – is a way for vulnerable rural areas to…
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Background
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) reimbursement. These caps have remained in place and have generally only…
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) have faced significant scrutiny from Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in recent years, which has led to multiple interventions, including strict criteria for IRF patients, multiple payment cuts and other policy…
Each year, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) collects aggregate information on the payments and costs associated with care delivered to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid by U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which is…
Each year, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) collects aggregate information on the payments and costs associated with care delivered to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid by U.S. hospitals. The data used to generate these numbers come from the AHA’s Annual Survey of Hospitals, which is…