A bipartisan group of 87 representatives urged (LINK) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reevaluate its proposed payment update for the inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2024, expressing concern that the proposed update does not accurately reflect the current costs of providing care to patients or the high financial pressures that hospitals face.
Letters
Throughout the year, the AHA comments on a vast number of proposed and interim final rules put forth by the federal regulatory agencies. In addition, AHA communicates with federal legislators to convey the hospital field's position on potential legislative changes that would impact patients and patient care. Below are the most recent letters from the AHA to these bodies.
Latest
AHA urges HRSA to restore policy for 340B hospitals with new outpatient facilities.
AHA comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) fiscal year (FY) 2024 SNF prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-La Sure
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
AHA comments on the fiscal year (FY) 2024 IRF prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
AHA, 340B hospitals and stakeholders voice concerns with two pieces of legislation that were recently passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee.
AMERICA’S HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
May 23, 2023