Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
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…
Surprise bills can cause patients stress and financial burden at a time of particular vulnerability: when they are in need of medical care. Patients are at risk of incurring such bills during emergencies, as well as when they schedule care at an in-network facility without knowing the network…
AHA comments on the CMS proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020.
AHA letter to Congressional leaders requesting a delay the start of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts, scheduled to begin in fiscal year (FY) 2020.
AHA writes to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider alternative payment solutions for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy.
AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ administrative simplification proposed rule to rescind the adoption of the standard unique Health Plan Identifier (HPID) and Other Entity Identifier (OEID).
AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ administrative simplification proposed rule to rescind the adoption of the standard unique Health Plan Identifier (HPID) and Other Entity Identifier (OEID).
AHA comments regarding questions RTI submitted to the participants of the September 2018 technical expert panel on developing a unified post-acute care prospective payment system.
AHA letter to The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, Chairwoman, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health regarding important issues in legislation being considered (H.R. 986, H.R. 987, H.R. 1010 and H.R. 1143).