Action Alert
American Hospital Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Leaders from the Senate, House and Administration are poised to discuss proposals for the next COVID-19 relief package to combat the pandemic.
It is urgent that you contact your senators and representative today and urge them to provide additional funding of at least $100 billion for hospitals and…
Leaders from the Senate, House and Administration continue to negotiate a third spending package related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has introduced the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES/S. 3548); however, the Senate legislative…
Leaders from the Senate, House and Administration are working on proposals for a third spending package related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). While legislative language has not been formally unveiled yet, a package is expected to come together very quickly.
The House of Representatives today is expected to vote on a supplemental funding package, H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, released last night by House Democratic leaders related to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Urge Your Representative to Cosponsor Surprise Medical Billing Legislation Approved by the House Ways and Means Committee
The House returns to Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, and legislation to address surprise medical bills remains under consideration. House and committee leaders will need to…
Two House committees – Ways and Means, and Education and Labor – this week advanced separate legislation to address surprise medical bills. These pieces of legislation also are different from a December agreement between leaders from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee…
Two House committees – Ways and Means, and Education and Labor – this week will mark up their own legislation to address surprise medical bills. The Ways and Means markup is Feb. 12 and the Education and Labor markup is Feb. 11.
The AHA has developed a model comment letter for hospitals and health systems to use to submit comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on its proposed regulation related to Medicaid program financing and supplemental payments. Because the proposed rule would severely curtail…
The AHA has developed a model comment letter for hospitals and health systems to use to submit comments to the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the departments) on their proposal to require health plans to disclose all of their negotiated rates, as well as…
Reject any cuts to hospital services as pay-fors
As Congress finalizes work on year-end legislation, they are considering a number of key issues affecting hospitals and health systems. These include further delaying the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital cuts and addressing surprise…