Hospital financial stability

AzHHA advocates stable coverage and funding, enabling hospitals to maintain bed availability, pay staff fair market wages and deliver high-quality care to patients. We support adequate and predictable base rates in Medicaid and Medicare, as well as transparent processes for calculating supplemental and state-directed payments. Additionally, we advocate for fair managed care rules that include prompt payment and transparent appeals processes.

We promote sensible eligibility and enrollment processes in Medicaid to reduce churn and use provider assessments to offset Medicaid underpayment and uncompensated care.

We oppose cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, the diversion of provider-generated funding into the state general fund and reductions in provider reimbursement without a plan to stabilize the delivery system. Our goal is to establish a healthcare financing system that is actuarially sound, CMS-compliant and workable for both rural and safety-net hospitals and large urban health systems.