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Congratulations @ASU for earning preliminary accreditation for the new John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering. news.asu.edu/20251022-healt…

Congratulations to HSAA CEO @BSKaufmann for being recognized as a 2025 Women Achievers of the Year! Thank you for your commitment to protecting Arizona's healthcare Industry! #womenachieversarizona

We are proud of our Alliance members who are all part of the top 50 employers in the state. azcentral.com/story/money/bu…

Health systems play a crucial role in our state providing thousands of high-quality jobs, contributing to Arizona’s economic strength, and improving the health and well-being of Arizonans.

Thank you to @phxchamber for a wonderful Workforce Summit! It was great to learn about better ways employers can hire & retain veterans and how the @phxchamberfound is working to aid the business community. These conversations will help us meet the growing needs of our state!

Great panel at @AZChamber Policy Summit on the importance of child care to AZ's economy. Affordability, availability & flexibility for parents is critical. Thanks to Allison Gregg of @NAHFlagstaff @NAHVerdeValley for sharing how it impacts healthcare as a 24/7, on-site industry.

HSAAZ wants to thank the @phxchamber for hosting their annual Workforce Summit! In healthcare, workforce conversations are vital to meet the care needs of our growing state. We appreciate the continued conversations and partnership to meet our workforce needs.

HSAA President & CEO @BSKaufmann joined Horizon on Arizona PBS to discuss the far-reaching negative consequences H.R. 1 will have on the healthcare of every Arizonan. Learn more.👇 azpbs.org/horizon/2025/0…

The Health System Alliance of Arizona expresses profound concern and disappointment following the narrow, party-line passage of H.R. 1, "The One Big Beautiful Bill," by Congress. This legislative action includes numerous provisions that will severely destabilize Arizona’s healthcare delivery system. This decision by Congress poses far-reaching negative consequences for the healthcare of every Arizonan. We anticipate a significant increase in the number of uninsured individuals in our state and other significant hinderances to serving our growing and aging population. Substantial damage to the economic well-being of Arizona's towns, cities, counties, and the entire state will occur. The historic cuts to Medicaid funding within H.R. 1 will directly impact the capacity of our hospitals and health systems to deliver essential services to all Arizonans, not just those relying on Medicaid. These changes will inevitably force individuals seeking care into emergency departments instead of allowing them to access timely and appropriate care. This will lead to hospitals shouldering increased unpaid costs, which will ultimately drive up healthcare premiums for everyone. If you've already faced difficulties finding a doctor, securing appointments with specialists, or experiencing long waits in emergency departments, these challenges are poised to worsen significantly as a direct result of Congressional action. Arizona’s healthcare providers and the State of Arizona cannot absorb the magnitude of these cuts without having to make immediate and difficult decisions. Despite the immense challenges presented by the passage of H.R. 1, the Health System Alliance of Arizona remains steadfast in our mission to provide high-quality and accessible healthcare for all Arizonans. We will continue to advocate tirelessly for the healthcare needs of our communities.

AHA President and CEO on Senate passage of One Big Beautiful Bill: “The real-life consequences of these nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts – the largest ever proposed by Congress – will result in irreparable harm to our health care system. We urge the House to mitigate this legislation and protect access to health care for patients and communities. ” aha.org/press-releases…

"We are going to do everything we can to make clear the impacts it will have on the state, and hopefully our members of Congress will do the right thing and stop this from going into law," Hobbs said. "Because it will devastate not just Arizona, it will devastate many states, and we don't have the capacity to mitigate these cuts." @GovernorHobbs #ProtectAHCCCS #ProtectMedicaid #ProtectAZHealthcare

STATEMENT: SENATE VOTE ENDANGERS HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR ARIZONA’S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS—CHILDREN, SENIORS, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES The "One Big Beautiful Bill," which narrowly passed the Senate this morning with a vote of 51-50, threatens to damage Arizona’s healthcare delivery system, greatly increase the number of uninsured in the State, and cause significant harm to the economy. As passed by the Senate, the legislation would severely hamper hospitals' ability to provide essential care across the state to every patient—not just those on Medicaid. The Health System Alliance of Arizona, representing approximately 80% of hospital-related care in the state, opposes several provisions of the Senate bill. Our member organizations, including Abrazo Health, Banner Health, Carondelet Health, Dignity Health, HonorHealth, and Northern Arizona Healthcare, operate in over 40 Arizona cities and towns and employ over 88,000 individuals. We see firsthand the critical role AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program, plays as a lifeline for over 2 million Arizonans, including low-income families, seniors, children, individuals with disabilities, and pregnant mothers. AHCCCS is also a vital component in maintaining Arizona’s overall healthcare delivery system for all residents. The bill passed by the Senate proposes unprecedented cuts to Medicaid funding. Should the House pass this bill, it will create immense damage to Arizona's healthcare infrastructure. The projected payment reductions to hospitals and doctors are staggering, escalating annually to a total of $7.8 billion through 2032, averaging $1.1 billion in cuts per year. Furthermore, the draft language mandates a 10% annual reduction to payment and quality incentive programs. These programs are crucial for covering the costs hospitals and health systems incur to ensure timely and quality care access for every community. Hospitals and doctors are already underpaid by government programs for the critical healthcare services they provide. This bill will exacerbate this long-standing issue of underpayment to a breaking point, threatening the very foundation of our healthcare infrastructure. If you have experienced challenges finding a doctor, getting in to see a specialist, or endured long wait times in an emergency department, these problems will only worsen due to the actions Congress is taking. Lawmakers are aware of the severe impact these cuts will have on hospital funding, evidenced by their attempts to offer one-time funding to rural hospitals. However, the rural funding will not begin to offset the extensive cuts, nor will it address the systemic damage this bill inflicts upon the entire healthcare ecosystem. Arizona’s healthcare providers and the State of Arizona simply cannot absorb the magnitude of the cuts that the Senate has just approved. The responsibility now falls to the House of Representatives to reject this harmful legislation and protect their constituents and communities from harm. We urge the House to prioritize the health and well-being of all Arizonans and ensure our healthcare system remains robust and accessible.

The reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. Senate today will have devastating impacts on our healthcare system and those that rely on it including Arizona children. Learn more. 👇 @PhxChildrens azcentral.com/story/opinion/…

MEDICAID CUTS BY SENATE THREATEN CARE FOR ALL ARIZONANS AND SHOULD BE REJECTED. The most recently released reconciliation bill language and Senate Finance Committee provisions continue to make the threats to Medicaid and cuts to hospitals even worse, threatening the ability of Arizona hospital and health systems to serve all patients within their communities. AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program, serves as critical lifeline for over 2 million Arizonans including our most vulnerable—low-income families, seniors, children, individuals with disabilities, pregnant mothers, and others. It is also a critical component of keeping Arizona’s healthcare delivery system available for all Arizonans. These efforts in the Senate to deepen the cuts to Medicaid through severe reductions to provider taxes and state-directed payment programs (SDPs) would decimate Arizona’s healthcare infrastructure. The cuts to the provider tax funding mechanisms would escalate every year totaling $7.8 billion through 2032 ($1.1 billion cut per year on average) in reduced funding to Arizona’s hospitals. Additionally, the draft language would require 10% annual payment reductions to payment and quality incentive programs that are necessary to cover the cost that hospitals and health systems incur to ensure that every community has access to timely and quality care. Even after accounting of these payment programs, Arizona’s, hospitals are paid less than 90% of their costs for treating and supporting access to care for Medicaid patients. These cuts will fall disproportionately on hospitals and doctors and will take hundreds of millions of dollars out of an already struggling system in which doctor and nurse shortages are prevalent and nearly one third of hospital providers already operate at a loss each year. The inclusion of rural hospital funding in the Senate provisions show lawmakers recognize the harm they will be doing to hospitals –yet the attempt to lessen the impact to rural hospitals falls woefully short of the actual cuts they’ll incur and neglects the realities of the interdependence of the entire hospital and healthcare ecosystem. These federal funding cuts will have consequential impacts to Arizona’s state budget—forcing the state to figure out how to shoulder billions in losses by cutting healthcare coverage, cutting healthcare providers, or cutting other critical state funding priorities. Arizona’s healthcare providers and the State of Arizona cannot absorb the cuts mandated by the Senate Finance Committee language. We urge the Senate to recognize the impacts their cuts will have on Arizona’s healthcare system and revert to the House approach to Medicaid financing in H.R. 1. We support the treatment of Medicaid financing mechanisms in the House framework with additional clarifications to the grandfathering language that intends to hold states harmless and provide necessary flexibility to comply with any potential federal changes. We urge the Senate to reject these dangerous provisions and for the House to maintain its position on preserving Medicaid funding for Arizonans.

House GOP moderates tell leadership they won’t back Senate tax bill over Medicaid cuts. @RepCiscomani #ProtectAZHealthcare #protectmedicaid

Thank you @RepCiscomani for your continued support of Arizona patients, doctors, nurses, healthcare providers, and hospitals across the state. The U.S. Senate budget proposal would be devastating to Arizona's healthcare system, impacting access to care and health coverage which Arizonans rely on every day.

The Health System Alliance of Arizona supports the negotiated bipartisan budget as passed by the AZ Senate. It ends the additional hospital tax this year. This budget presents an opportunity to continue to work to lower the tax impact to AZ hospitals and minimize Medicaid underpayments which is critical to sustaining access to care for all Arizonans.  We encourage the House, Senate & Governor to pass a responsible budget this week for the benefit of Arizonans.