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.
US Chamber of Commerce files amicus brief supporting legal challenge to rule requiring disclosure of negotiated charges (Feb. 28. 2020).
The AHA and five other national hospital groups today filed a friend-of-the court brief (LINK) urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to affirm a district court decision blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect while legal challenges to the…
Thirty-three state hospital associations late yesterday filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to review this term an appeals court decision that held the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional.
Motion of Amici Curiae American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Federation of American Hospitals, Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Hospital Association to file an amicus brief in support of petitioners.
The AHA and five other hospital groups filed a friend-of-the court brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington to prevent the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect Oct. 15.
The AHA and five other hospital groups September 11, 2019, filed a friend-of-the court brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to prevent the Department of Homeland Security’s public charge rule from taking effect Oct. 15.
In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today, the AHA, along with the Federation of American Hospitals, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, America’s Essential Hospitals, and the Association of American Medical Colleges urged the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject a district…
Twenty-four state hospital associations urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse, highlighting specific innovative programs and initiatives for delivering higher-quality, more coordinated care that have become an integral part of the U.S. health care system over the past nine years and that would be…
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that allows False Claims Act whistleblowers to accuse a hospital or other defendant of fraud and proceed to discovery without articulating specific facts demonstrating the…