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Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force Request for Information

AHA comments on the House Ways & Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force request for information (RFI).
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA to Sen. Menendez Re: Support for Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019

AHA letter to Senator Robert Menendez expressing support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA to Rep. Brad Schneider Re: Support for Legislation H.R. 3414, the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

AHA letter to Representative Brad Schneider expressing support for legislation, H.R. 3414, the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019,
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Urges Senate to Co-Sponsor the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348)

AHA urges the Senate to co-sponsor the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348), a bipartisan bill, authored by Senators Menendez, Boozman and Schumer, that would increase the number of Medicare-funded residency positions by 15,000 over five years, thereby helping to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients’ access to care.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Expresses Support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763)

AHA letter to Representative Terri Sewell expressing support for the the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763).
News

Senators introduce bill to extend access to physicians in underserved areas

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, yesterday introduced AHA-supported legislation (S. 948) to improve and extend the Conrad State 30 program until 2021.
Letter/Comment
Public

Legislation to Improve the Quality of and Access to Critical Services for Medicare Beneficiaries

AHA applauds the House Ways and Means Committee for considering legislation to improve the quality of and access to critical services for Medicare beneficiaries, help train the physician workforce of the future and reduce the administrative burden on rural hospitals.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on Policy and Technical Changes to Medicare Advantage

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would set forth policy changes for the 2020 and 2021 Medicare Advantage (MA) plan years.
News

Ligature Risks: What Hospitals Need to Know

Clarity is important in health care.
Letter/Comment
Member

Letter: AHA urges CMS to issue ligature risk guidance for hospitals

On behalf of our approximately 5,000 hospitals and health system members, the American Hospital Association (AHA) requests immediate clarification of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service