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AHA Comments on CMS Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility FY 2026 Proposed Payment Rule
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) fiscal year (FY) 2026 IRF prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
AHA Comments on CMS Long-term Care Hospital FY 2026 Proposed Payment Rule
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) fiscal year (FY) 2026 LTCH prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
AHA Comments on CMS Skilled Nursing Facility FY 2026 Proposed Payment
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) fiscal year (FY) 2026 SNF prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
AHA Comments on CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility FY 2026 Proposed Payment Rule
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2026.
AHA Comments on CMS FY 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
AHA Comments to CMS on FY 2025 Wage Index Values
The AHA has long stated that while we appreciated CMS’ recognition of the wage index’s shortcomings, the agency should not have implemented this policy by penalizing all hospitals, especially when Medicare already pays far less than the cost of providing care. As such, if CMS does address payments under this policy in FYs 2020-2024, it should not seek a clawback of funds that hospitals received because of the agency’s mistakes and have long since spent on patient care.
AHA Urges Congress to Act on Key Priorities in Lame-duck Session
AHA letter urging Congress to act on key priorities in Lame-duck session.
AHA Comments on CMS Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgery Center CY 2025 Proposed Payment Rule
AHA urges CMS to consider whether adjustments are necessary in its approach to annual market basket updates to ensure that beneficiaries continue to have access to high-quality outpatient care. We also urge CMS to eliminate the productivity cut for CY 2025, as detailed below.
AHA Comments on 340B Drug Pricing Program, IRF Payments, Physician Fee Schedule and Telehealth
AHA comments on MedPAC topics to be considered in the new cycle: the 340B Drug Pricing Program, inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) payments, the physician fee schedule (PFS) and telehealth.
AHA Comments on Potential DSH Cuts in IPPS Final Rule for FY 2025
In CMS’s upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2025 IPPS final rule, the AHA urges CMS to maintain the uninsured rate at its proposed level of 8.7%. Doing so would provide critical stability for DSH hospitals that serve low-income, uninsured and historically marginalized populations.