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Fact Sheet: Underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid
Each year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) collects aggregate information on the payments and costs associated with care delivered to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid by U.S. hospitals.
Fact Sheet: Increased Graduate Medical Education Needed to Preserve Access to Care
However, hospitals and health systems now face mounting and critical physician shortages — estimated to reach 86,000 physicians by 2036 — that will jeopardize access to care in communities across the nation.
Anniversary to remember: HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital nurses surprise one of their own
It was Angela and Christopher’s wedding anniversary, but it looked like they wouldn’t be able to celebrate it. Angela, a nurse at HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, wasn’t working — instead, she was a patient recovering from surgery to address severe abdominal pain. But her co-workers and friends weren’t going to let the day pass by.
Strengthening the rural workforce: East Alabama Health tackles nursing shortage
Maintaining a trained workforce is one of the greatest challenges facing rural hospitals today. In Alabama, the shortage is particularly and increasingly severe, especially when it comes to nurses. East Alabama Health is addressing the problem in multiple ways.
Fact Sheet: No Provider Relief Funds Have Been Allocated for Delta, Omicron COVID-19 Surges
To date, there have been approximately 4.5 million total reported COVID-19 hospital admissions, with 49% of those admissions occurring since July 1, 2021 during the Delta and Omicron surges. Despite these drastic surges, no Provider Relief Funds have been allocated or disbursed to address the multitude of challenges that have resulted from these surges.
Fact Sheet: Health Care Workplace Violence and Intimidation, and the Need for a Federal Legislative Response
Congress should enact the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act, which provides health care workplace protections against violence similar to those that exist for flight crews, flight attendants and airport workers.
Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Health Care Workforce
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for the infrastructure that supports the health care workforce needs of the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future.
Fact Sheet: AHA Urges Congress to Call on CMS to Stop Cuts to Hospitals
America’s hospitals and health systems continue to face unprecedented financial pressures due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and current inflationary economy. Historic inflation has extended and heightened the already severe economic instability brought on by the pandemic resulting in razor thin operating margins from massive surges in input costs, including a struggling workforce, drug costs, supplies and equipment.
Fact Sheet: Statutory PAYGO Sequester Relief Needed for Health Providers
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO) requires, among other things, that mandatory spending and revenue legislation not increase the federal budget deficit over a 5- or 10-year period.
Fact Sheet: Medicare Sequester Relief Extension Needed for Health Providers
AHA highlights the need to suspend Medicare sequester cuts for healthcare providers in this fact sheet on Medicare sequestration relief extension.