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AHA to CMS: Recommendations for Reducing the Burden of Clinical Documentation

AHA recommends CMS actions to reduce burden of clinical documentation.
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AHA House Statement: America’s Mental Health Crisis February 2, 2022

AHA statement submitted to the House Ways and Means for a hearing on the nation’s mental health crisis.
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CMS Proposes Rules to Accelerate Electronic Exchange of Health Care Data, Including for Prior Authorization Requests

At a Glance The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in coordination with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Dec.
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Legislative Advisory: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

On February 9, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, a massive budget bill containing a number of priorities important to hospitals and health syste
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ONC Urged to Exercise Extended Enforcement Discretion for Information Blocking Rule

AHA and other organizations representing the nation’s clinicians, hospitals, health systems and experts in health informatics and health information management yesterday urged the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to allow for at least one year of extended enforcement discretion for its information blocking rule.
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Member Advisory: Update on Health IT Rules That Are Expected to be Released Soon

Recent press reports have highlighted concerns from various health care stakeholders regarding the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s proposed rule (released in March 2019), which would implement the “information blocking” provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act.
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AHA Statement before Senate Finance Committee on Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities

AHA statement before the Senate Finance Committee on "Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities."
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Regulatory Advisory: Inpatient PPS: The Proposed Rule for FY 2020

The AHA released a detailed summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2020.
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Special Bulletin: CMS Releases Hospital Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 23 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2020.
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Advisory: CMS and ONC Proposed Rules on Patient Access, Interoperability, Information Blocking and Certification

On March 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published proposed rules that would promote patient