Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
The AHA greatly appreciates the planned data collection outlined by CMS. We urge the agency to promptly create its website to provide a centralized repository on public health readiness to electronically receive the data hospitals must submit under the meaningful use program.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) wishes to express serious concerns about an increasing number of ―hospital compliance reviews‖ performed by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Audit Services in which the OIG has extrapolated audit findings to estimate Medicare overpayments to…
AHA letter to Senator Tom Harkin expressing support for The Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2014 (R-HoPE).
AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue an Interim Final Rule (IFR) with comment period requiring that qualified health plans (QHPs) offered through the Health Insurance Marketplaces accept third-party premium and cost-sharing payments from hospitals, hospital-…
We support FDA’s efforts to improve the safety and efficacy of POC BGMS used for hospitalized patients. However, we are concerned that, as written, the draft guidance would have serious unintended consequences for patients and hospitals, including placing patients at unnecessary risk.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pleased to support the Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2013 (S. 44).
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pleased to support the Good Samaritan Health Professional Act (S. 2196). By extending to licensed, volunteer health professionals the same protective standards included in the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, your legislation takes critical steps to help…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pleased to support the Good Samaritan Health Professional Act (H.R. 1733). By extending to licensed, volunteer health professionals the same protective standards included in the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, your legislation takes critical steps to…
We are aware of the guidance the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued in its February 7, 2014 Q&A clarifying that it was not discouraging such subsidies from charitable foundations. Unfortunately, the Interim Final Rule issued on March 14 has created uncertainty regarding HHS’s…
FDA is aware that there has been an increase in demand for IV saline. Manufacturers of these products have reported that this increase in demand is linked to increased hospital use, which, long with other factors, resulted in a shortage of IV saline in January 2014.