Testimony

 

AHA, AAMC and FAH Statement Re: Medicare Beneficiaries Receiving Extended Observation Care

August 25, 2010 Joint Statement from the AHA, AAMC and FAH before CMS' listening session on the recent trend of Medicare beneficiaries receiving extended observation care as a hospital outpatient.
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AHA Re: The Hospital Field's Support for Price Transparency in the Health Care Field

May 06, 2010 Steven J. Summer, president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA). testifies on behalf of the AHA before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, about the hospital field's support for price transparency in the health care field.
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AHA before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Health Care Reform

September 15, 2009 Tom Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health System and Chairman, AHA Board of Trustees testifies before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Health Care Reform.
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AHA Comments on Senate Finance Committee Financing Options Paper

May 26, 2009 AHA comments on Senate Finance Committee policy options paper on financing comprehensive health care reform.
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AHA Comments to the Senate Finance Committee on Expanding Health Care Coverage

May 21, 2009 the American Hospital Association comments on the Senate Finance Committee May 11 policy options paper on expanding affordable health care coverage.
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Definition of "Meaningful User"

May 01, 2009 AHA testimony before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Executive Subcommittee regarding the Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology.
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AHA Statement to the Senate Finance Committee Roundtable on Health Care Delivery System Reform

April 21, 2009 The AHA share its views before the Senate Finance Committee Roundtable on Americas health care delivery system and the need for comprehensive health care reform.
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Healthcare-Associated Infections

April 01, 2009 Bob Hyzy, M.D., a board certified pulmonologist at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System in Ann Arbor testifies on behalf of the AHA before the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education of the House Committee on Appropriations regarding Healthcare-associated infections.
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AHA before the House Committee on Small Business: The President's Budget and Medicare...

March 18, 2009 Testimony of the American Hospital Association before the Committee on Small Business of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The President's Budget and Medicare: How Will Small Providers be Impacted?"
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Statement of Mary Beth Walsh, M.D., FACP, at the CMS Town Hall Meeting on the "75% Rule"

February 02, 2009 AHA Testimony at a CMS Town Hall Meeting by Mary Beth Walsh, chair of AHA's Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation, on the 75 percent rule.
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