Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
AHA writes to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider alternative payment solutions for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy.
AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ administrative simplification proposed rule to rescind the adoption of the standard unique Health Plan Identifier (HPID) and Other Entity Identifier (OEID).
AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ administrative simplification proposed rule to rescind the adoption of the standard unique Health Plan Identifier (HPID) and Other Entity Identifier (OEID).
AHA comments regarding questions RTI submitted to the participants of the September 2018 technical expert panel on developing a unified post-acute care prospective payment system.
AHA letter to The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, Chairwoman, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health regarding important issues in legislation being considered (H.R. 986, H.R. 987, H.R. 1010 and H.R. 1143).
On behalf of the nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers – and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership…
AHA comments on HHS' request for information on modifying Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules to improve coordinated care.
AHA letter to Senator Robert Menendez expressing support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over five years to alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients' access to care.
The AHA and three other national hospital groups today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to postpone the February publication of its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on the Hospital Compare website.