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AHA urges Supreme Court to reverse 5th Circuit ruling on task force in charge of coverage for preventive care services

The AHA Feb. 24 filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court, urging the court to reverse a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that would jeopardize cost-free access to certain preventive services covered by the Affordable Care Act.
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AHA Amicus Brief: Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation Vs MultiPlan, Inc., Litigation

AHA Amicus Brief in Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp., Vs. Multiplan, Inc., litigation.
Amicus Brief

AHA, FAH Amicus Brief in FTC Non-Compete Case

While the AHA respects the FTC’s efforts to address issues of genuine unequal bargaining power between certain employers and certain types of workers, the FTC proposed non-compete rule would profoundly transform the health care labor market – particularly for physicians and senior hospital executives.
Amicus Brief
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Amicus Brief: AHA, Other Hospital and Health Care Organizations Re: Wit v. United Behavioral Health

The AHA and other hospital and health care organizations urge the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to rehear Wit v. United Behavioral Health.
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First steps taken to challenge 2-midnight rule

The AHA, several hospital associations (Greater New York, New York State, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) and four hospital systems today took the first steps to bring a federal court challenge to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ two-midnight inpatient admissions criteria and related policies. 
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AHA and AHIP File Joint Amicus Brief

Today, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and AHIP filed a joint amicus brief in United States v. Supervalu Inc. v. Safeway Inc. In the brief, the organizations argue that the federal government’s “erroneous construction and expansion of the FCA [False Claims Act] threatens the legitimate business activities of every government contractor, hospital, healthcare provider, health insurance provider, and grant recipient in the nation,” and would “ultimately divert resources away from the primary missions of AHA’s and AHIP’s members: caring for patients, reducing the cost of care, and ensuring a healthy citizenry.”

Supreme Court Cases

The Supreme Court of the United States Nov. 10, 2020, heard oral arguments in the case of California v. Texas, in which those opposed to the Affordable Care Act contend that when Congress set the tax penalty for failing to purchase insurance at zero dollars, the ACA’s requirement that most Americans obtain health insurance became unconstitutional.