Advisory
AHA Advisories provide urgent information for AHA members and the health care field, and actions they may need to take.
The White House June 6 issued a Presidential memorandum in which the Administration expresses its view that rapid growth in State Directed Payment (SDP) programs is a threat to the nation’s long-term stability, and that the “imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare payment rates under these programs…
New AHA Report Finds Workplace and Community Violence Costs Hospitals More than $18 Billion Annually
The AHA today released a new, comprehensive report that measures the substantial financial resources hospitals and health systems spend on preventing and responding to violence in their facilities and communities.
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury last week
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) May 13 announced a 60-day public comment period for stakeholders regarding its RFI to remove outdated or unnecessary regulations.
The AHA and Health-ISAC have created and are sharing this bulletin out of an abundance of caution to spread awareness of the ongoing threat posed by Interlock and provide the latest available threat intelligence.
This is a summary of provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that affect hospitals and health systems, as well as some resources from the Congressional Budget Office regarding the impact of the bill.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2026 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2026 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 11 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) May 12 released a proposed rule that would modify federal regulations on health care-related taxes that states use to help finance their Medicaid programs (“provider taxes”).