Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
AHA thanks the Senate Committee on Finance for the opportunity to comment on its draft legislation, the “Drug Shortage Prevention and Mitigation Act.”
AHA comments on the CMS;s hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
AHA expresses strong support for the 340B program and urges Congress to protect this critical program as it has done for more than three decades.
Timely and accurate information on Medicare Advantage plan performance and compliance with existing CMS regulations is critical to ensuring that those enrolled in MA plans are not unfairly subjected to more restrictive rules and requirements than Traditional Medicare, which are contrary to the…
While we are grateful for the chance to provide feedback on the revisions to the IPF PPS as well as the development of an IPF patient assessment instrument (PAI), we urge CMS to proceed on the latter with more caution and less haste. We are concerned that CMS’ proposed market basket update is…
May 24, 2024The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSureAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-1804-PP.O. Box 8016Baltimore, MD 21244–8016.Re: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal…
As such, AHA is concerned that CMS’ payment updates, in addition to increased requirements on skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs), will exacerbate their, as well as hospitals’, financial difficulties. Therefore, we request that CMS more closely examine its process for forecasting and providing market…
(AHA) voices support for the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act of 2024 (S.4350) to extend the acute care hospital-at-home (H@H) program for five years.
May 23, 2024The Honorable Brad Wenstrup U.S. House of Representatives2335 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Earl BlumenauerU.S. House of Representatives1111 Longworth House Office Building Dear Representatives Wenstrup and Blumenauer:
The AHA and FAH comments on the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) proposals in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025.