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Fact Sheet: Hospitals Need Additional Flexibility on Repaying CMS Accelerated and Advance Payments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) accelerated/advance payment program provides necessary funds when there are disruptions in claims submission and/or processing.
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Fact Sheet: Medicare Sequester Relief Extension Needed for Health Providers During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in historic challenges for hospitals and health systems and the communities they serve, placing unprecedented stress on the entire health care system and its financing.
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Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Related Payer Mix Changes Threaten 340B Hospital Eligibility

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered hospitals’ payer mix, which for some hospitals has temporarily lowered their disproportionate share hospital (DSH) percentage. These changes have unfortunately threatened the ability of some hospitals to maintain their eligibility for the 340B program – a vital program that allows participating hospitals to stretch their resources to provide comprehensive services to their patients.
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Fact Sheet: Hospitals Need Additional COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund Support to Assist with Ongoing Challenges

More than 24 months after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the U.S., the pandemic has afflicted millions of people across the country has imposed historic challenges for the hospitals and health systems that care for them.

Chair File: Leadership Dialogue with Rod Hochman, M.D., President and CEO of Providence and Immediate Past Chair of the AHA

This year, I look forward to continuing AHA’s leadership dialogues on trending topics with health care, business and community leaders from around the country.
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Northwestern Medicine Says ’Believe in the Vaccine’

Health care leaders recognize that the COVID-19 omicron variant is different and underscore that vaccines work.
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University Hospitals Uncovers the Dangers of Being Pregnant and Unvaccinated

UH explains what women need to know about COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy.

FDA Virtual Town Hall Oct. 7 for COVID-19 test developers

The Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 7 will host the first in a series of virtual Town Halls to answer technical questions about test development and validation for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Fact Sheet: Viable Unified Post-acute Care Payment Model Not Possible Under Current Approach

The unified post-acute care (PAC) payment system required by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 is not on track to protect access to medically necessary PAC services.

AHA releases new fact sheet on COVID-19 waivers that should be extended or made permanent

The AHA released a new fact sheet detailing a number of waivers issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the COVID-19 public health emergency that the association believes should be extended or made permanent.