Action Alert
American Hospital Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate are mobilizing behind an AHA-led effort to stop impending cuts to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program, which are scheduled to be enacted on Oct. 1, 2023.
Both the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee and House Ways and Means Committee are expected to discuss and mark-up proposed bills with site-neutral payment and other policies expected to significantly impact hospitals if enacted.
Congress returns to Washington this week with a full legislative agenda before its scheduled August recess.
Reps. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., and Brad Schneider, D-Ill., are asking their House colleagues to sign onto a letter urging the Centers for Medicare…
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing June 8 at 10 a.m. on issues that affect hospitals and health systems.
Congress continues to discuss a number of proposals that would enact additional site-neutral payment cuts. The AHA strongly opposes these proposals because they would reduce Medicare payments to hospitals and health systems, creating a significantly negative impact on the field’s financial…
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., are asking their Senate colleagues to sign onto a letter urging the Centers for Medicare…
Several House and Senate committees will hold hearings this week on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health May 17 is expected to mark up a series of proposed bills following a set of hearings on transparency and competition in health care. As part of its April 26 hearing, the subcommittee discussed 17 draft bills, some of which would be harmful to…
Urge Your Reps to Sign House ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter, Sponsor Bill to Stop Medicaid DSH Payment Cuts
Reps. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Dan Crenshaw, R-T.X., Diana DeGette, D-Colo.., and Michael Burgess, R-T.X., are spearheading a “Dear Colleague” letter urging House leadership to take action to prevent the pending cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, which are scheduled to…