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AHA: CBO Report Inaccurately Assessed Commercial Insurance Premium Drivers

October 11, 2022 - The American Hospital Association (AHA) found that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) did not accurately portray health insurance premium drivers, specifically that the office neglected to communicate the role of commercial insurance market power and the costs that hospitals shoulder, according to a post by the organization. “At best, this...

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UHC Will Not Implement Emergency Care Coverage Changes

by Kelsey Waddill

UnitedHealthcare has clarified that it does not intend to change its emergency care coverage policies, American Hospital Association (AHA) disclosed in a special bulletin. “AHA is pleased with...

AHA: Proposed CMS Rule Hinders Medicaid Reimbursements

by Kelsey Waddill

American Hospital Association (AHA) is concerned that the recent CMS proposal to relax the 2015 mandatory Medicaid access monitoring review plans will limit providers’ ability to confront...

CA’s In-Network Providers Increased 16% After Surprise Billing Law

by Kelsey Waddill

There are 16 percent more in-network physicians in California since the passing of the state’s surprise medical bills law — indicating that benchmark price setting may not force physicians...

AHA Makes Suggestions for In-State Insurance Market Stabilization

by Thomas Beaton

In order to stabilize in-state insurance markets, stakeholders should consider strategies including reinsurance, Medicaid-sponsored health plans, and high-risk pools, according to the AHA. Several...

AHIP, AMA, AHA to Congress: Fund Cost Sharing Reductions to 2019

by Thomas Beaton

AHIP, AMA, and AHA and four other healthcare organizations urged Congress to continue funding cost sharing reductions (CSRs) through 2019, warning of continued instability in the health insurance...

Payers, Providers Highlight the Pros of Cost-Sharing Reductions

by Thomas Beaton

A joint group of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and provider organizations came together to promote the benefits of cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) on consumer and payer healthcare costs,...

AHA to CMS: Continue Funding ACA Cost-Sharing Reductions

by Thomas Beaton

CMS should continue to fund the cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) that keep the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces relatively stable, the American Hospital Association (AHA) said in a comment...

AHA Condemns CMS Rule for Medicaid Third-Party DSH Payments

by Thomas Beaton

The American Hospital Association expressed “deep disappointment” about a CMS final rule that will only include uncompensated care costs for covered Medicaid services in the calculation of...

Healthcare Leaders Air Concerns about NQF SDS Trial Period

by Thomas Beaton

A group of healthcare organizations wrote a letter to the National Quality Forum (NQF) calling for a one-year extension of the Sociodemographic (SDS) Trial Period that evaluates how social factors...

Bill Would Make Health Insurance Liable for Antitrust Laws

by Thomas Beaton

Proposed legislation supported by the American Hospital Association passed the House Judiciary Committee earlier that if approved by Congress make health insurance companies liable for anti-competitive...

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