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 NOVO NORDISK v Cochran Re 340B Contract Pharmacy – Intervention
AHA, others urge 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a decision holding that the PREP Act provides broad immunity from tort liability to health care providers and other covered entities, June 16, 2021.
The 340B program, established by section 340B of the Public Health Service
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 256b, requires as a condition of participating in Medicaid and Medicare Part B that pharmaceutical manufacturers sell outpatient drugs at a discounted price to certain public and not-for-profit hospitals,…
Hospital Associations support challenge to conditions placed on hospital affiliation.
American Hospital Association, 340B Health, America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, National Association of Children’s Hospitals d/b/a Children’s Hospital Association, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, by and through their undersigned attorneys,…
The AHA and Texas Hospital Association filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and several Texas hospitals and health systems challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Departmental Appeals Board decision adopting a “net effect”…
Government’s Opposition to Motion to Intervene - AstraZeneca v. Cochran (March 12, 2021)
Amicus Brief–Hospital Systems - 340B Payment Reductions March 12 2021
Amicus Brief-State and Regional Hosp Associations 340B Case
Amicus Brief-State and Regional Hosp Associations Site Neutral Case