Letters

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 21 other organizations, including the AHA, urge Congress to maintain the current legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions.

The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21244

AHA response to comments on certain product exclusions related to COVID-19.

AHA comments on the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting portal. America’s hospitals and health systems have stepped up in heroic and unprecedented ways to meet the challenges of COVID-19.

AHA, others express support of the 340B federal drug pricing program and strongly encourage Congress to protect the program as they consider broader changes to our nation’s health care system.

The AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2022.

Commenting today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ physician fee schedule rule for calendar year 2022, the AHA expressed appreciation for the agency’s proposals that support care delivery and patient outcomes by extending the timeline for certain programs and continuing others beyond the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The AHA also expressed concerns about the significant payments cuts in CMS’ proposals; opposed cuts to the conversion factor and changes to clinical labor pricing; and urged CMS to reevaluate its proposals to require routine, in-person visits for the coverage and payment of telehealth mental health services.

America’s hospitals and health systems have deep concerns about several Anthem policies that challenge their ability to care for patients during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) would like to share hospital and health system priorities that would benefit patients and communities around the country that we would like to see included in the upcoming budget reconciliation legislation.

Laurie Bodenheimer                                      Ali Khawar

Elizabeth Fowler, Ph.D, J.D. Deputy Administrator and Director Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ calendar year 2022 proposed rule for the HH prospective payment system.

AHA raises “substantial concerns” with the prototype payment model that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and RTI International are developing for the new unified post-acute care prospective payment system required by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014.

AHA’s comments to OSHA on the agency’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard.

President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy called upon all agencies of the federal government to protect and promote fair competition throughout the economy. Achieving that objective will require each agency to assess fairly the activities of those fields and industries that fall within its purview.

President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy called upon all agencies of the federal government to protect and promote fair competition throughout the economy. Achieving that objective will require each agency to assess fairly the activities of those fields and industries that fall within its purview.

The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201

AHA model comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard.

This letter provides comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ guidance documents implementing the No Surprises Act’s provisions related to notice and consent and public disclosure.

Letter to the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on the adequacy of any potential remedies to resolve the substantial competitive concerns raised by UnitedHealth Group’s proposed acquisition of Change Healthcare.