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Opinion: HHS’s proposed rule pays lip service to addressing the climate crisis, the greatest threat to human health

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Even assuming that all of these hospitals voluntarily report their greenhouse gas emissions, they constitute a trivial amount of one of the world’s largest sources of such emissions, making up nearly 9% of total annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and 4.5% of the total worldwide , along with an equal amount of toxic air pollutants.

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NHC Comments on CMS 2026 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters

Putting Patients First Blog

We appreciate many of the proposed changes in the 2026 NBPP, and our comments are focused on specific provisions where we believe CMS can further strengthen patient-centered health care. This can lead to better management of their conditions, helping to reduce costs by avoiding emergency department visits and inpatient admissions.