Connection newsletter

Read about the health policy standoff deepening as federal shutdown enters third week, the 2024/2025 AzCHER Annual Report and the importance of the AzHHA PAC.

Read about an update on the federal government shutdown, AzCHER mobilizing as Globe and Miami face severe flooding risks, Medicare Open Enrollment beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025.

Read about the healthcare implications with the federal government shutdown, the Arizona Transition to Practice Program starting its sixth cohort and the AzHHA HR Roundtable next week.

Read about AzHHA submitting a comment letter opposing licensing fee increases, the looming government shutdown as fight over ACA subsidies intensifies and how the general effective date is around the corner.

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.