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Contact Your Lawmakers and Urge Them to Extend Key Health Care Policies Set to Expire Next Month
Please ask your senators and representatives to prevent Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts from taking effect; extend enhanced low-volume adjustment and Medicare-dependent hospital programs that expand access to care in rural areas; and extend telehealth and hospital-at-home waivers.
Medicaid
Medicaid is the nation’s largest single source of coverage primarily serving low-income populations – children and their families,
Register for March 4 AHA Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.; New Resources to Protect Medicaid
The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare, of which the AHA is a founding member, has launched a multimedia advertising campaign, highlighting the value of Medicaid coverage for everyday Americans.
Fact Sheet: 340B Drug Pricing Program Contract Pharmacy Arrangements
Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that care for patients in vulnerable communities.
Fact Sheet: Medicaid
AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would not only strip access to health care from some of the most vulnerable populations but also destabilize hospitals and health systems, leading to a loss of services that would impact patients and communities nationwide.
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Hospital Payment Basics
AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to hospitals’ Medicaid payments.
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Provider Taxes
The AHA calls on Congress to reject changes to states’ use of provider taxes, which help fund their Medicaid programs.
Advocacy Issue: Medicaid
AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would not only strip access to health care from some of the most vulnerable populations but also destabilize hospitals and health systems, leading to a loss of services that would impact patients and communities nationwide.
Fact Sheet: Per Capita Caps in the Medicaid Program
A per capita cap to federal financing of the Medicaid program would be a fundamental change to how the program is financed. It would put untenable fiscal pressures on state governments, leading to Medicaid coverage, enrollment and provider reimbursement cuts.
Advocacy Issue: Medicaid DSH Payment Cuts
The Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program provides essential financial assistance to hospitals that care for our nation’s most vulnerable populations — children, impoverished, disabled and elderly. The Medicaid DSH payment reductions are scheduled to be implemented on April 1, 2025, when $8 billion in reductions take effect.