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Secondary Menu American Hospital Association AHA Highlights Perspective A Full Court Press to Protect Access to Care for Patients and Communities By the end of March Congress must address several expiring health care provisions including preventing Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts extending enhanced lowvolume adjustment and Medicaredependent hospital programs and extending telehealth and hospitalathome waivers. Resources to Protect Americas Rural Hospitals from Cyberthreats Rural hospitals are especially susceptible to the ransomware blast radius whereby the threat to patient safety cascades from the hospital to every hospital clinic and emergency department in the region. John Riggi AHAs national advisor for cybersecurity and risk outlines why it is vital to protect rural hospitals from todays everescalating cyberattacks. Chair File Leadership Dialogue Advancing Health and Building Trust with Lynn Hanessian and Robert Trestman M.