American Hospital Association March 13, 2024
Congress should consider any statutory limitations that exist for an adequate response from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services to help hospitals and other providers minimize further fallout from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, AHA wrote March 13 in a letter to Senate Finance Committee leaders.
“The Administration has limited tools available, particularly because, unlike with COVID-19, the government is not operating under a declared Public Health Emergency and National Emergency,” AHA said. “While CMS has offered payments under the AAP [accelerated and advance payments], the agency only has authority to do so for limited time periods and amounts and with very high interest rates after repayments are due.”
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