Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) expresses their opposition to H.R. 8574, the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-net (340B ACCESS) Act.
In CMS’s upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2025 IPPS final rule, the AHA urges CMS to maintain the uninsured rate at its proposed level of 8.7%. Doing so would provide critical stability for DSH hospitals that serve low-income, uninsured and historically marginalized populations.
July 19, 2024The Honorable Douglas ParkerAssistant SecretaryU.S. Department of LaborOccupational Safety and Health Administration200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20210Re: Docket No. 2007-0073, Emergency Response Standard (Vol. 89, No. 24), Feb. 5, 2024Dear Assistant Secretary Parker:
July 16, 2024The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSureAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHubert H. Humphrey Building200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-GWashington, DC 20201Submitted ElectronicallyRE: Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) writes to the Senate to provide comment on the request for information (RFI) based on the Pay PCPs Act (S. 4338).
AHA comments to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on their proposed rule to establish reporting requirements for cybersecurity incidents under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act.
AHA shares feedback on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ draft guidance on the Medicare drug price negotiation program.
June 28, 2024 The Honorable Katherine TaiU.S. Trade Representative600 17th Street NWWashington, DC 20508Re: Proposed change to Section 301 tariffs for goods made in China - 90183100Dear Ambassador Tai:
AHA writes in support of H.J.Res. 139, a joint resolution for congressional disapproval of a rule relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting."
The AHA writes in support of S.J.Res. 91, a joint resolution for congressional disapproval of a rule relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting."