Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the American Hospital Association.
AHA reiterates support for legislation to align 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPAA.
AHA comments on the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights’ proposed rule regarding certain statutory conscience protections.
Medicare pays long-term care hospitals less than half the cost of care for site-neutral cases under the LTCH prospective payment system, AHA told CMS.
The AHA Friday submitted comments to Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tom Carper (D-DE), Todd Young (R-IN) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) as they develop legislation to improve price transparency in the health care market and lower costs.
AHA and other healthcare related organizations stress the importance of congressional action to lower healthcare premiums.
AHA letter to Ways and Means Committee regarding policy recommendations to address the opioid epidemic.
AHA responds to the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services' request for information on revisions to personnel regulations, proficiency testing (PT) referral, histocompatibility regulations, and fee regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988.