Letter/Comment

The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.

A coalition of organizations, including the AHA, urge the Department of Health and Human Services to consider postponing for one year the Oct. 6 deadline for health care providers to begin sharing all electronic protected health information in a designated record set, as defined under HIPAA, to…
AHA thanks Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., for introducing a House companion to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act (S.3904/H.R.8806),
AHA comments on the CMS' hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2023.
Organizations that represent laboratories, health care providers, laboratory professionals, and diagnostic manufacturers urge Congress to take action to protect patient access to clinical laboratory services.
AHA voices support for the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed conditions of participation (CoPs) for rural emergency hospitals (REHs) and CAHs.
AHA urges the Bureau of Land Management to take steps to protect Americans’ health prior to executing the final sale of the Federal Helium Reserve near Amarillo, Texas.