Action Alert

American Hospital Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.

Please contact your senators today and urge them to cosponsor the Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would allow hospitals and health systems to access quickly the remaining funds from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and give them more flexibility in how and when…
With both the delta and omicron variants exerting tremendous strain on our health care system, we are calling on Congress to include a number of key priorities to support hospitals and caregivers as part of a must-pass legislative package next month. Congress must pass legislation by Feb. 18 to…
With both the delta and omicron variants exerting tremendous strain on our health care system, we are calling on Congress to include a number of key priorities to support hospitals and caregivers as part of a must-pass legislative package next month.
Please contact your representatives today and urge them to sign on to a “Dear Colleague” letter circulating in the House.
A legislative package could be voted on in the House as soon as tonight that would stop upcoming Medicare cuts to hospitals, physicians and other providers that are scheduled to kick in early next year.
Congressional leaders today announced an agreement on a continuing resolution that would fund the government at current levels through Feb. 18. The House is expected to vote on the legislation today and the Senate is expected to take it up soon after as current funding for the government runs out…
Congress is back in Washington, D.C. this week with a number of major priorities to tackle before the end of the year. Congress could act as soon as this week on some of these year-end items so it is important that you weigh in now.
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, along with the Office of Personnel Management, Sept. 30 released “Part 2” of regulations implementing the No Surprises Act. The AHA has developed a model comment letter that hospitals and health systems can use to assist with…
Please contact your representatives today and urge them to make a number of changes to the Build Back Better Act (H.R.5376) to support patients and communities and the hospitals and health systems that care for them. Specifically, we are asking House lawmakers to eliminate punitive Medicaid…