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Reps. Wenstrup, Bucshon and Kildee talk current state of Congress, look back on congressional careers

Three retiring members of Congress — Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., and Dan Kildee, D-Mich. — engaged in a genial conversation that covered the current state of Congress, as well as what they view as the major issues and possible solutions facing health care.

AHA hosts webinar on opioid stewardship best practices

Opioid-related deaths rose in the last year, intensifying the need for effective opioid stewardship programs.
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Health Plan Accountability: June 2022 Update

The latest news on health plan accountability from the AHA for June 2022.
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Health Plan Accountability Update: November 2023

Health Plan Accountability Update, November 2023.
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Health Plan Accountability: November 2022 Update

The latest news on health plan accountability from the AHA for November 2022.

Study: Disparities in access to in-network behavioral health care pervasive

Patients went out-of-network 3.5 times more often to see a behavioral health clinician than a medical/surgical clinician in 2021, and up to 20 times more often for certain behavioral health visits, according to a new study by RTI International.

Health care leaders examine prior authorization policies

Challenging prior authorization policy requirements were addressed in an AHA Annual Membership Meeting panel discussion moderated by Marilyn Werber Serafini, executive director for the Health Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

HHS Deputy Secretary Palm discusses Change Healthcare attack and future of cybersecurity

Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm addressed AHA Annual Membership Meeting attendees about the Administration’s work to improve access to care and increase the number of people with health insurance, as well as the Change Healthcare cyberattack and what cybersecurity looks like in the future.

AHA shares comments with Congress for hearing on strengthening ERISA

In a statement submitted April 16 to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions for a hearing on ways to strengthen the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, AHA urged Congress to prevent commercial insurer practices that harm patients and small providers.

MACPAC publishes March report to Congress, maternity care catalogue

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission published a pair of reports. In its March report to Congress, MACPAC, a key congressional advisor on the Medicaid program, updated its annual analyses of disproportionate share hospitals, including national estimates of the number of these facilities, spending by state, and uncompensated care costs by hospital type.