American Hospital Association (AHA)
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Financial
AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack
By Dave Muoio, March 15, 2024 – Almost 60% of surveyed hospitals reported at least $1 million of impacted revenues per…
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HHS sends letter to healthcare leaders on Change cyberattack
AHA says it welcomes the letter urging UHG to step up payments to hospitals, physicians and other providers. March 12,…
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AHA decries site neutral payments in Lower Cost More Transparency Act
The House passed H.R. 5378, a bill aimed at transparency in hospital pricing that also addresses PBM spread pricing. Susan…
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Hospitals
63 healthcare orgs call on Congress to extend, expand visa waiver for international medical graduates
By Dave Muoio – August 3, 2022 Sixty-three provider and healthcare advocacy organizations are petitioning Congress to pass legislation expanding international…
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Hospitals
Supreme Court overturns 340B pay cut to hospitals
By Paige Minemyer – Jun 15, 2022 The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously rejected massive payment cuts to hospitals under the…
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Hospitals
CMS delays the release of hospital star ratings due to a calculation error
The ratings, which will be released in July, will not impact 2022 payment determinations, CMS says. February 16, 2022 /…
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AAOS Files Amicus Brief in Support of Lawsuit Challenging No Surprises Act Rule
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) joined in filing an amicus brief supporting the lawsuit—led by…
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AHA asks UnitedHealthcare to rescind revised policy on emergency coverage
The hospital advocacy group said patients will likely be caught unawares when coverage for emergency care is denied. January 3,…
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Providers slam House for not delaying nearly 10% Medicare payment cuts in must-pass spending deal
by Robert King | December 2, 2021 Major provider groups were livid that a continuing resolution to fund the federal government also doesn’t…
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AHA tells Congress that stricter merger laws may cause economic harm
The group contended that any concerns with antitrust enforcement should be addressed by providing additional resources to enforcement agencies. October…
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COVID-19
Kaufman Hall: Hospitals could lose $54B this year due to more expenses, sicker patients
by Robert King | September 21, 2021 Hospitals across the country are expected to lose an estimated $54 billion in net income throughout…
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AHA presses for meeting with federal agencies as scrutiny of hospital deals ramps up
by Robert King | Aug 18, 2021 The American Hospital Association (AHA) wants to make its case to the Biden administration that hospital…
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Senate passes infrastructure bill that restarts sequester cuts, delays rebate rule
by Robert King | Aug 10, 2021 The Senate passed a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package paid for in part by delaying…
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Hospitals
Provider groups call Biden executive order on hospital mergers, noncompete clauses misguided and unnecessary
by Robert King | Jul 12, 2021 Providers are calling President Joe Biden’s executive order to ratchet up scrutiny of hospital mergers and…
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COVID-19
HHS gives providers flexibility on spending COVID-19 relief funds, updates reporting requirements
by Robert King | Jun 11, 2021 The Department of Health and Human Services left intact a June 30 deadline for providers to…
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