Connection newsletter

Read about AzHHA’s 2025 Legislative Report being available online, how the passage of a CR may hinge on an extension of the ACA premium tax credits and AzHHA submitting comments to CMS on OPPS proposed rule.

Read about comments being due on Sept. 22 for ADHS’s proposed licensing fee increase, registration and room block information for the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and how the AHA is urging an antitrust probe into drugmakers’ 340B rebate models.

Read about House Appropriations proposing deep HHS cuts as Congress races toward Sept. 30 deadline, next Tuesday’s early bird deadline for the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and more than 1,000 HHS employees calling for RFK Jr. to resign.

Read about a Maryland District Court halting key provisions of the CMS marketplace rule, the early bird deadline for the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and CMS launching an initiative to tighten Medicaid immigration status checks.

Read about AzHHA taking action to defend the 340B program, our featured ACHE session at the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and why hospitals are facing coverage gaps as Thin Blue Line plans terminate.

Read about a comment letter on the OPPS proposed rule, how to take advantage of the early bird rate for the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and peer support training for health professionals.

Read about HHS announcing a 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program, keynote speakers at the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and CMS releasing final Medicare payment rates.

Read about the Arizona Transition to Practice Program accepting applications for the September 2025 cohort, how to save on registration for the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 great community hospitals.

Read about AzHHA submitting a comment letter to CMS asking to reduce subjectivity and increase transition period for provider tax changes, early bird registration for the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference and CMS posting proposed 2026 OPPS rule.

Read about how you can save on the registration fee for the 2025 Arizona Hospital Leadership Conference, CMS introducing Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Pilot Program and HHS revoking access to certain federal programs for undocumented immigrants.