With Election Day (Nov. 6) just around the corner, it’s the season for voters to decide what changes to make – or not to make.
The American Hospital Association (www.aha.org) has compiled a guide called We Care We Vote to clarify the challenges and opportunities for voters, including those who work in or care about health care. The AHA is advocating for r
eal long-term solutions to strengthen the health care system, not arbitrary cuts that undermine hospitals’ ability to care.
The AHA is prescribing preventive care for the upcoming election, including a list of CHANGES that should be AVOIDED:
- cuts to payments for evaluation and management services provided in outpatient department
- reductions to payments for graduate medical education
- additional across-the-board cuts to Medicare inpatient hospital rates through the use of coding adjustments
- restrictions on state provider assessments
- payment reductions to rural hospital programs, including critical access hospitals
- reductions in payments to hospitals for assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries (bad debt)
- burdensome requirements for supervision of hospital outpatient therapeutic services
To make your voice heard on these issues and more, VOTE on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
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