Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the American Hospital Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
We’ve been sharing with you how many hospitals and health systems are speaking up about congressional Republican proposals to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act – proposals that would undermine care and coverage for millions of vulnerable Americans. Here are two more examples…
Press Release
Statement on the Updated Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
Rick Pollack
President and CEO
American Hospital Association
July 13, 2017
Press Release
Statement on Proposed CY 2018 OPPS Rule
Tom Nickels
Executive Vice President
American Hospital Association
July 13, 2017
Today, CMS issued several poorly designed policies that will do real damage to patients’ access to care.
Press Release
Programs Bring Innovation to Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Two programs that expand the reach of palliative and end-of-life care will be honored with the 2017 Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, along with three programs awarded a…
Senators returned to Washington this week to continue debate on legislation that would repeal and replace significant parts of the Affordable Care Act. An estimated 22 million people would lose coverage if the Senate approved the bill as currently drafted.Key to protecting coverage for millions of…
Next week, the Senate will reconvene in Washington to continue debate on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), legislation that would repeal and replace significant parts of the Affordable Care Act. In just 142 pages, they’re seeking to rewrite how millions of Americans get – or don’t get –…
From the onset of this debate, America’s hospitals and health systems have been guided by a set of key principles that would protect coverage for Americans. Unfortunately, the draft bill under discussion in the Senate to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act moves in the opposite…
Press Release
Statement on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
Rick Pollack
President and CEO
American Hospital Association
From the onset of this debate, America’s hospitals and health systems have been guided by a set of key principles that would protect coverage for…
Press Release
AHA Statement on 2018 Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule
TOM NICKELS
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Reducing administrative complexity in health care would save billions of dollars annually and allow providers to spend more time on patients, not paperwork. That’s what the AHA toldthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services earlier this week in a letter calling for regulatory relief.