Action Alerts
AHA Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on healthcare issues and legislation.
Members of Congress will be in their home districts in August and again in October for their district work periods. Make the most of this time by meeting with your lawmakers at your hospital or during a community event and discussing the impact proposed legislation and policies would have on…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on its hospital outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2027. Comments are due to CMS by Aug. 31.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments by July 21 on its proposed rule that would implement certain statutory changes under Section 71116 of Public Law (P.L.) No. 119-21, the reconciliation bill, passed in July 2025.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will host a legislative hearing, “Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to Increase Health Care Transparency,” on Wednesday, June 10, at 10:15 a.m. ET.
Please contact your representative about a draft bill that could be considered next week.
The House Committee on Ways and Means released draft bill text in advance of its planned May 20 markup.
The House Committee on Ways and Means, on April 28 at 10 a.m. ET, will host a hearing during which hospital and health system leaders are expected to testify on
health care affordability.
The AHA is providing attendees of its Annual Membership Meeting with health care advocacy priorities to use when meeting with lawmakers.
This is the next in a series of hearings examining health care costs and exploring options to make care more affordable.
It is critical that HRSA hear from as many 340B hospitals as possible about the costs and administrative burdens a rebate model program would impose.