Testimony

 

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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AHA Statement before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Re: "Treatments for an Ailing Economy"

November 13, 2008 AHA statement for the record before the Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce as they examine the need for a second short-term economic stimulus legislative package to stave off a deep economic recession.
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AHA's Statement Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care

June 24, 2008 AHA's Statement for the Record before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives, subject: "Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care: Issues for Reform"
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