Amicus Brief
The AHA weighs in on a number of issues of importance to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients they care for, as they come before the court. Below are our most recent friend-of-the-court briefs.
Amicus brief in Browning-Ferris Industries of CA: Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status
The AHA, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to bar civil monetary penalties under the False Claims Act that irrationally exceed the harm actually suffered by the government.
The AHA strongly supports retaining the current National Labor Relations Board standards for employee access to employer-provided email systems and other forms of electronic communications, the association said in a friend-of-the-court brief (insert link) filed yesterday in a case before the Board.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ambiguous policy regarding observation stays leaves hospitals in an untenable position, the AHA said in a friend-of-the-court brief filed yesterday in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
AHA today joined the Kansas Hospital Association, Texas Hospital Association and Texas Nurses Association in a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, KS, in a National Labor Relations Board case challenging the confidentiality of peer review activities.
Amicus Brief urging the Minnesota Supreme Court to affirm a lower court ruling that a hospitals governing body may amend the bylaws governing the hospital's medical staff.
AHA today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Department of Health and Human Services in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude all drugs with an orphan designation from an HHS final rule expanding the 340B drug discount program to rural and cancer hospitals under the Patient…
Hospitals must be able to rely on the advice of qualified counsel when determining whether a particular transaction is legally permissible under the Stark Law, the AHA and South Carolina Hospital Association said in a friend-of-the-court brief filed yesterday in the 4th U.S.
AHA files Amicus Brief in support of ACA subsidies for federally-facilitated exchange participants
Brief Amici Curiae of the Equal Employment Advisory Council, National Federation of Business Small Business Legal Center and American Hospital Association in Support of Petitioner