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.
AHA Amicus Brief re USA, et al. v. Anthem, et al.; No. 17-5024
Filed August 30, 2016
The AHA today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to reject the governments formulaic and narrow test for evaluating hospital mergers in Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Advocate Health Care Network et al.
Browning Ferris Industries of California, Inc DBA BFI Newby Island Recyclery v. National Labor Relations Board
The AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling that relators seeking damages and penalties under the False Claims Act cannot use statistical sampling to prove a case challenging the exercise of…
midwest division - mmc, llc doing business as menorah medical center v. national labor relations board, respondent, national nurses organizing committee-kansas/national nurses united, intervenor
AHA/FAH Amicus Brief urging NLRB to affirm long-standing position on inclusion of "jointly employed" employees in bargaining units
Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Sept. 4, 2015
AHA, FAH support overturning NLRB decision that allows incumbent unions to organize in piecemeal fashion.
AHA's brief specificially urges the Court to grant certiorari over the third question regarding how lower courts weigh evidence that a merging company in the future will have less competitive significance.