fah hospital policy blog

FAH President and CEO Chip Kahn released the following statement after seeing that the Continuing Resolution included important modifications to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs.

It is an important step forward in confronting the continuing coronavirus challenge that Senate Republicans and the White House released their latest COVID-19 relief package today.

“The HHS response to the crisis in size and scope is unprecedented and the commitment of the administration to support America’s hospitals and our patients speaks volumes. However, the job isn’t done.”

This decline represents the most significant reduction in recorded history – dwarfing the second-largest decline (3.1%) in March of 1970.