Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
The Department of Health and Human Services should fully reinstate its June COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements, AHA said again today in a letter to the agency.
The AHA on Friday sent a letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office of Pharmacy Affairs urging the agency to order drug manufacturers and their vendor Kalderos to immediately halt their conversion of the 340B program to a back-end rebate program.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed revision to the definition of “reasonable and necessary” for purposes of Medicare coverage determinations. View entire comment letter under Key Resources.
AHA letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to immediately withdraw the new condition of participation that threatens to expel hospitals from the Medicare program if they fail to comply with “frequently changing and confusing” COVID-19 data collection efforts.
In a letter to Senator Lamar Alexander and Representative Greg Walden, AHA expresses strong support for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Please contact your representatives today and ask them to sign onto a bipartisan “Dear Colleague” letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar expressing concern about recent efforts by Kalderos to transition the 340B Drug Pricing Program from one of up-front discounts to…
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee investigates health insurance company performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, AHA urges the committee to ensure insurance premiums support access to care.
AHA, others express concern that persistent high COVID-19 rates will continue to stress the entire health care system and urge Congress to pass legislation that would extend the congressionally-enacted moratorium on the application of the Medicare sequester cuts into 2021 and through the duration…
AHA again urge the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to delay the start date for its new radiation oncology alternative payment model until Jan. 1, 2022.
AHA urges CMMI to reconsider sudden changes to the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model effective Jan. 1, especially the move to clinical episode service line groups.