New AHA Report Finds Financial Challenges Mount for Hospitals & Health Systems Putting Access...
The American Hospital Association (AHA)  released a new report that details the extraordinary financial pressures continuing to affect hospitals and health systems, as well as access...
AHA Advocacy Update: Healthcare Workforce
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has been busy advocating on the healthcare workforce front. This week AHA issued a letter of support for the...
Hospitals and Health Plans Posting Machine-Readable Price Transparency Data
About 84% of hospitals had posted a machine-readable file containing rate information by the end of first-quarter 2023, up from 65% the previous quarter,...
CMS Proposes Policies to Improve Patient Safety and Promote Health Equity
​In a recent press release the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule for inpatient and long-term care hospitals that...
Recent CMS Updates: Changes and Rules
Effective April 27 Changes to Medicare Discharge Appeal Forms
On January 23, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) announced that the Office of Management...
AHA Voices Support for the Rural America Health Corps Act
The American Hospital Association (AHA) voiced support for bipartisan legislation that would create a Rural America Health Corps modeled on the National Health Service Corps...
CDC Alert on the Spread of Antimicrobial-resistant Fungus in Healthcare Facilities
​On March 20th, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released information regarding an emerging fungus, Candida auris (C. auris), considered an urgent...
Agencies Recommend Action to Protect Against LockBit Ransomware Variant
The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center recently provided actionable intelligence and encouraged organizations to implement recommendations...
Loan Repayment for Health Professionals
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has opened the application cycle for three programs. Eligible clinicians providing primary medical, dental, or behavioral health care services or evidence-based substance use disorder treatment can...
Tell Congress to “Get Real on Ratios” in Nursing Homes
​The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is poised to issue a rule imposing a federal minimum staffing mandate on nursing homes. We...
