Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
AHA's comment on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights’ notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on “Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support, and Remove Barriers to, Coordinated Care and Individual Engagement.”
In a letter to Senators Patty Murray and Richard Burr, AHA expresses support for the nomination of Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.B.A. as the Surgeon General of the United States.
In a letter to Senators Kaine, Young, Reed and Cassidy, AHA expresses support for the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act.
AHA, Other Health Care Provider Groups Urge Senate to include in legislation addressing the COVID-19 pandemic additional funding to counter sequester cuts to Medicare providers. This funding would allow for continued support of providers' COVID-19-related lost revenues, as well as additional…
AHA voices support for the National Coronavirus Commission Act (S. 412), legislation that would create a national commission to examine lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how to improve public health readiness.
AHA letter to Senators Tim Scott and Brian Schatz expressing support for the Telehealth Modernization Act (S.368).
The AHA along with eight other health organizations urge Congress to provide additional funding for health care providers in the current reconciliation package.
AHA urges the Department of Health and Human Services to make the process for hospitals to report data to the HHS TeleTracking COVID-19 Portal and other platforms as efficient, transparent and valuable as possible.
AHA letter to Senator Chris Murphy and Senator Roy Blunt expressing support of their legislation, the Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act.
AHA letter to Senators Senator Patty Murray and Richard Burr expressing support for the
nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be the next Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services.