Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
AHA, others urge Congress to remove the reductions to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program and uncompensated care pools from H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better (BBB) Act.
The AHA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 23 other health care and business organizations express opposition to the False Claims Amendments Act (S. 2428), legislation that would make it harder to dismiss meritless lawsuits and validly terminate an employee for unrelated performance issues.
AHA letter to Senator Coons, Senator Booker and Senator Durbin expressing support for the Preventing and Addressing Trauma with Health Services (PATHS) Act (S. 2873).
In a letter to Sens. AHA expresses support for the Student Assisted Vaccination Effort Act (S. 2114).
The Honorable Susan M. Collins The Honorable Tina Smith
United States Senate …
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Reps. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., introduced the Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act, AHA-supported legislation that would eliminate the Medicare program’s 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric days in…
The American Hospital Association expresses support of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (S. 3018).
AHA comments on the Proposed Rule Related to Enforcement of the No Surprises Act (NSA).
The AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise and reissue recent proposed regulations streamlining prior authorization requirements within certain coverage programs; consider additional regulations to limit care delays; and conduct oversight and enforcement for plans who…
A coalition of hospital and physician organizations, including the AHA, urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to give Medicare accountable care organizations the option to use pre-pandemic spending benchmarks to set financial targets beginning in performance year 2022.