Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy
During the last two weeks we have seen a flurry of regulatory activity affecting hospitals and health care providers, and we expect that trend to continue for the next several months.
April 1, 2024The Honorable Bill Cassidy, M.D.Ranking MemberCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510Dear Ranking Member Cassidy:
AHA statement before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Health on the impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed regulation of diagnostic tests.
AHA Urges Congress to Provide Support to Help Minimize Further Fallout from Change Healthcare Attack
We are now on day 13 of the crisis caused by the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare and its impacts on hospitals, health systems and patients around the country. We urgently need Congress's support to help minimize further fallout from this attack.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 8 released a proposed rule intended to strengthen oversight of organizations that accredit health care providers certified by the Medicare and Medicaid programs and prevent conflicts of interest.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Jan. 25 released guidance reminding hospitals, critical access hospitals and long-term care facilities of their obligation under Centers for Medicare…
The Centers for Medicare…
President Biden October 30 issued an Executive Order (EO) on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) that attempts to strike a balance between managing the risks and encouraging innovation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 15 issued a final rule requiring the disclosure of ownership, managerial and other information for skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities (NFs).
The AHA strongly urges the FDA to work with Congress to enact an updated version of the Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act. This legislation would establish a diagnostic-specific, risk-based framework that recognizes the essential role of clinical laboratories in…