Letters/Comments
AHA letters and comments provide insight to legislators and policymakers about laws and regulations important to the healthcare field.
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…
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.
The AHA and other health organizations urge Congress to act now to improve access to children’s mental health care.
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-G
Washington, DC 20201
Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure:
In a letter to Representative Lauren Underwood, the AHA expresses support for the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act.
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-G
Washington, DC 20201
RE: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Updating Payment Parameters, Section 1332 Waiver Implementing…
The AHA tells Senate leaders it strongly opposes “any attempt to take away previously-appropriated funding for hospitals and health systems, physicians, nurses and other health care providers providing heroic care during a global pandemic.”