American Hospital Association
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Financial
UnitedHealth and Change win court case to merge
DOJ says it is closely reviewing opinion to evaluate next steps. September 20, 2022 – Susan Morse, Executive Editor – UnitedHealth…
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Price transparency, still up in the air, not likely to reduce costs
July 14, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor Healthcare consumers are often stuck with bills that are confusing and illuminate little…
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COVID-19
AHA sends letter to HHS requesting additional emergency funding
June 2, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has doled out emergency funding…
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Hospitals
U.S. hospitals see first decline in outpatient visits since 1983
TARA BANNOW / January 7, 2020 For the first time in 35 years, U.S. hospitals delivered fewer outpatient visits in…
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Hospitals
Hospitals sue HHS over negotiated price disclosure rule
December 04, 2019 / MICHAEL BRADY Hospitals sued HHS on Wednesday over a new rule that would force them to disclose…
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Financial
Medicare May End Price Discrimination against Independent Physicians, States Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — If a Medicare patient gets a service performed in a hospital-owned facility, Medicare may pay far…
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Financial
Employers, hospitals and insurers butt heads over transparency proposals
June 6, 2019 / SUSANNAH LUTHI For months, the White House and lawmakers have been urging more transparency for the healthcare system…
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Financial
Hospitals Stand to Lose Billions Under ‘Medicare for All’
By Reed Abelson / April 21, 2019 For a patient’s knee replacement, Medicare will pay a hospital $17,000. The same hospital…
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Financial
House panel puts hospitals and specialists on the spot for surprise bills
April 02, 2019 / SUSANNAH LUTHI Hospitals took a beating in the first House legislative hearing on surprise medical bills, and…
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Hospitals
Untangling The Web Of Hospital Regulation
Mar 15, 2019 / Robert Lord In War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy wrote, “Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.” It’s…
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Financial
Medicare X could cost hospitals $800 billion over 10 years and disrupt health insurance market, study says
March 13, 2019 / Susan Morse, Senior Editor The proposed Medicare-X Choice Act could cost hospitals $800 billion over 10 years…
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Financial
High drug prices: Who’s really to blame?
FEB 08, 2019 / Susan Morse, Senior Editor Providers, payers, pharmacists, pharmacy benefit managers, drug manufacturers and consumers all have a stake in…
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Hospitals
Financial worries keep hospital CEOs up at night
Jan. 28, 2019 / Author Rebecca Pifer Dive Brief: Financial challenges, including increasing costs, shaky Medicaid reimbursement, reductions in operating…
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Hospitals
Hospitals sue over site-neutral payment policy
By Susannah Luthi | December 4, 2018 The American Hospital Association on Tuesday led a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the CMS’…
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