Advocate for Sustainable Funding —Core Member Priority Advocate for a Redesigned Health System —Core Member Priority Grow the Political Action Committee to Support Advocacy —Core Member Priority TIER 1 PRIORITIES Mitigate Medicaid cuts and push for new revenue options Propose and enact solutions to address Medicaid managed care challenges Advance redesign of the Hospital Assessment Program (HAP) and secure state and federal approval Advocate for strategies to reduce the backlog of state bills in Medicaid and state employee group health programs Fully participate in AHA’s activities to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or secure a suitable replacement TIER 2 PRIORITIES Defend the non-profit hospital tax exemption in the court system Advance legislation to extend the investor-owned tax credit Partner with AHA to advocate against Medicare reductions and to preserve reimbursement for hospitals Partner with AHA and other stakeholders to limit burdensome federal regulatory barriers TIER 3 PRIORITY Partner with AHA to oppose federal Medicaid block grants and/or per capita grants OTHER Partner with AHA to protect the 340B drug discount program Assist members on hospital revenue cycle and regulatory compliance issues through IHA’s Patient Financial Services (PFS) TIER 3 PRIORITIES Engage in the state’s Health and Human Services Transformation and Medicaid 1115 Waiver to improve behavioral health access Advocate for improving IDFPR physician license processing times to improve recruitment and retention of physicians and skilled staff Promote telehealth by addressing regulatory, legal and payment issues OTHER Accelerate the connection between members’ quality initiatives with IHA’s policy and advocacy agenda TIER 2 PRIORITY Employ strategies to increase support for the IHA PAC among IHA corporate entities, IHA employees, and member hospital executives and staff 10