Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pleased to support H.R. 5227, the “Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act (MEND).” This legislation is critical to ensuring the viability of our nation’s hospital-based nursing education programs and a robust supply of nurses to provide…
The AHA applauds the work of the Committee to fight fraud, waste and abuse, and your work on this legislation specifically. While we generally support the efforts of this bill, we appreciate your seeking our input so we can identify some potential unintended consequences or areas where additional…
The AHA supports CMS’s proposal to eliminate the requirement that a face-to-face encounter include the narrative explanation, which will facilitate smoother transitions for hospitals discharging patients to home care and for hospital-based HH agencies initiating services.
AHA Comments on USP Proposed General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs - Handling in Healthcare Settings
The AHA urges USP to revise its proposals to allow for alternative approaches that keep health care personnel safe and minimize the need to make major renovations to the health care facility.
The AHA strongly supports the conference agreement on H.R. 3230, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 and to urge its quick passage by Congress.
The AHA supports the proposed changes to the redetermination and re-enrollment process for qualified health plans (QHPs) sold through the health insurance exchanges. The proposed changes will ensure greater continuity of coverage as the next open enrollment period begins Nov. 15.
We recommend that the proposed risk-based regulatory framework and strategy for health IT leverage and support existing safety reporting requirements and initiatives and not create a new incident reporting silo labeled “Health IT Safety.”
CMS’s proposal to change the thresholds that apply to LTCH interrupted stays is unwarranted and should not be implemented.
The AHA strongly opposes any further proposals to restrict the codes that qualify for the 60% Rule presumptive test, including those in the FY 2015 proposed rule.
While we support a number of the inpatient PPS proposed rule’s provisions, we have serious concerns about certain aspects of the Hospital-acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program proposals, the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program proposals and the proposed changes to the cost report…