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Highlights Committee Meeting AHA Rural Health Services February 29-March 1, 2024

Representatives from AHA’s Rural Health Services Committee met in person on February 29-March 1, 2024 in Washington DC, meeting highlights.

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Correctional Health Care Risks, Trends and Safety Concerns

Discover actionable insights to address the distinctive patient safety challenges and tap into significant public health opportunities presented by individuals in the correctional system.
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CY2024 Medicare Advantage Final Rule Implementation Handbook

On April 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for contract year (CY) 2024. The final rule increases oversight of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and seeks to better align MA coverage with Traditional Medicare.
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MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (MA): Hospital Perspectives and Next Steps on the CY24 MA Final Rule

On November 15th, The American Hospital Association and a panel of experts from member hospitals and health systems discussed recent changes to the Medicare Advantage program that were finaliz

AHA comments on proposed Medicare Advantage policies for 2025

AHA Jan. 5 voiced strong support for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposals to increase oversight and enhance consumer protections in the Medicare Advantage program for contract year 2025.

Protecting Patient Care with Enhanced Medicare Advantage Oversight and Prior Authorization Changes

For many people, choosing an MA plan is a life-changing event and a significant act of trust, counting on the payer they selected to provide the pre-agreed upon coverage for either current medical needs or those that may arise.

Committee probes Medicare Advantage marketing tactics

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jan. 23 asked five third-party marketing organizations that participate in Medicare Advantage enrollment to provide certain information by Jan. 31 about their business practices as the committee continues its inquiry into problematic MA marketing practices.

CMS seeks input to strengthen Medicare Advantage data, transparency

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks input through May 29 on ways to strengthen Medicare Advantage data to guide policymaking and advance transparency.

AHA proposes how Congress could truly reduce national health expenditures

In a statement submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for a hearing Jan. 31 on national health expenditures, AHA urged the subcommittee to prevent certain Medicare Advantage plans from engaging in tactics that restrict and delay access to care while adding burden and cost to the health care system.