Billing & Collections

AHA's patient billing guidelines ensure that hospitals treat all patients equitably and with compassion. Learn how hospitals can assist patients with financial assistance and coverage.
four prominent nonprofit health systems — Baylor, Scott & White Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, Novant Health and Providence — have banded together to form the for-profit entity Longitude Health to handle increasing access to complex drugs, care coordination within huge programs like…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 24 issued a final rule that would carve out significant, anomalous and highly suspect (SAHS) billing from Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) financial calculations for calendar year (CY) 2023. This final rule is part of a larger…
The AHA July 29 applauded a proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to address concerns raised by the AHA and other organizations about the potential impact of significant, anomalous and highly suspect catheter billing within the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
AHA's comments on CMS' proposed rule to mitigate the impact of significant, anomalous and highly suspect (SAHS) billing activity within the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in calendar year (CY) 2023.
Congress is considering legislation that would change current billing practices for Medicare and the commercial insurance market to require each off-campus hospital outpatient department (HOPD) to be assigned a unique NPI as a condition of payment.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing July 11 on medical debt.
Statementof theAmerican Hospital Associationfor theCommittee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensionsof theUnited States Senate“What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?”July 11, 2024 
After implementing Cedar Pay, Novant Health saw a significant rise in patient satisfaction with the billing process with scores now at 90%.
The Department of Justice May 9 announced the formation of a task force focusing on competition concerns in health care.