TENNESSEE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Area wage index - Save Rural Hospitals Act (S.803); Workforce - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R.2389); post-acute care/inpatient rehabilitation facilities - legislation related to a Medicare post-acute care prospective payment system Disproportionate Share Hospital and Uncompensated Care funding; Medicare reimbursement cuts; Medicare sequester; physician pay.

Invest in hospital infrastructure; workforce, behavioral health; legislation pertaining to health care workforce resilience; rural hospital medical residency and health workforce programs - Rural America Health Corps Act (S.940/H.R.1711); 340B Eligibility Requirements Waiver - related legislation.

Area wage index - Save Rural Hospitals Act (S.803); behavioral health; Workforce - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R.2389); legislation pertaining to health care workforce resilience; legislation pertaining to academic nursing; legislation pertaining to mental and behavioral health access for health providers; rural hospital medical residency and health workforce programs - Rural America Health Corps Act (S.940/H.R.1711); post-acute care/inpatient rehabilitation facilities - legislation related to a Medicare post-acute care prospective payment system, IRF CMS Review Choice Demonstration; 340b Eligibility requirements waiver - related legislation; Disproportionate Share Hospital and Uncompensated Care funding; relief to repay payments received through the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program.

Invest in hospital infrastructure; Provider Relief Fund flexibilities; Medicare reimbursement cuts; Medicare sequester; 4% PAYGO cut; physician pay.