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.

Amici Curiae Brief of the North Dakota Medical Association, North Dakota Hospital Association, American Hospital Association and American Medical Association
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals amicus brief urging the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to consider hospital electronic communication systems as a virtual "patient care area," and to reestablish a previous NLRB standard that would lawfully permit hospital employers to limit…
Download the full amicus brief below. Amicus American Hospital Association (“AHA”) respectfully submits this amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants Mark E. Cieniawski, M.D. and Michael B. Bruehl, M.D.’s Motions to Partially Vacate Conditional Transfer Orders (CTOs-47, -50, & -51). 
STANFORD HEALTH CARE; Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, d/b/a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION for Health Care, Research, and Education; CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; and NORMAN W. RIZK, M.D., Petitioners, vs. BETH MINOR, in her official capacity as…
June 14, 2018 - Brief of the American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Association of American Medical Colleges as Amici Curiae in Support of Intervenor-Defendants
Filed: March 29, 2018 |  People of the State of California Ex Rel. Xavier Becerra, Plaintiff, vs. Sutter Health, Defendant
Amici curiae are 35 state and regional hospital associations that represent thousands of hospitals and health systems. Amici and their members are fully committed to improving the health of the communities they serve through the delivery of high quality, efficient, and accessible health care. The…
Brief of 32 State and Regional Hospital Associations as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss
Hospital groups file brief in cost-sharing subsidies case (Oct. 21, 2017)