2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (118+ words) Blog explains how value-based care can make healthcare more affordable American Hospital Association A blog by Robyn Tessin, AHA director of policy, discusses the ways value-based care can meet patients’ needs, resulting in improved affordability and access to timely, coordinated…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (181+ words) Appeals court vacates certain No Surprises Act provisions on qualifying payment amounts American Hospital Association The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Aug. 11 ruled to vacate certain regulations implementing how the No Surprises Act qualifying payment amount is calculated. The QPA reflects…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (135+ words) CMS requests updated billing information from qualifying alternative payment model participants to disburse payment aha.org The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released an advisory for certain clinicians who are qualifying alternative payment model participants and eligible to receive…...

1+ day, 28+ min ago   (159+ words) AHA provides recommendations to Consumer Product Safety Commission on modernized product injury surveillance system American Hospital Association The AHA today provided comments to the Consumer Product Safety Commission on its agenda and priorities for fiscal years 2027 and 2028, specifically focusing on…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (64+ words) New AHA issue brief available on incorporating care navigation and coordination American Hospital Association The AHA Aug. 11 published a new issue brief on how hospitals and health systems can incorporate care navigation and coordination into their patient care processes. The…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (134+ words) CMS finalizes ban on Medicaid, CHIP funding for gender-affirming care provided to children American Hospital Association The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a final rule that prohibits states from receiving federal matching funds for “sex-rejecting procedures” for Medicaid…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (222+ words) President signs executive order to change childhood vaccine schedule aha.org President Trump signed an executive order Aug. 10 revamping the federal government’s recommended childhood vaccine schedule. The order divides immunizations into three categories and recommends they should be administered at…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (93+ words) Senate releases budget resolution to continue reconciliation process American Hospital Association The Senate’s budget resolution to set up a third reconciliation bill was released Aug. 7 by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. It instructs 11 Senate committees…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (197+ words) Idaho hospital's youngest preemie to ever survive celebrates 1st birthday American Hospital Association Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Born in Idaho Falls at just 22 weeks gestation and weighing only 1 pound 4 ounces, Logan Ames faced overwhelming odds as a micro-preemie. One year…...

6+ day, 35+ min ago   (95+ words) CMS releases notice on pathway for expediting access to certain medical devices for Medicare beneficiaries American Hospital Association The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 7 released a procedural notice on its new pathway to expedite access to certain FDA-designated Class…...