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ARGUED AND SUBMITTED ON OCTOBER 15, 2020 In the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ___________ No. 20-5193 THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ET AL., APPELLANTS v. ALEX M. AZAR II, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APPELLEE ___________ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF…
AHA statement on court delay of most favored nation model interim final rule from Executive Vice President Tom Nickels.
The AHA submitted comments to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services request for information on regulatory relief to support economic recovery. Specifically, AHA urged the agency to take additional action to remove certain regulatory barriers standing in the way of efficiency and innovation…
The House and Senate last night approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The legislation includes roughly $900 billion in COVID-19 relief, including a number of provisions beneficial to hospitals and health systems, and $1.4 trillion in spending that will fund the federal government…
The COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Toolkit was developed as a guide through the steps involved in planning, designing and executing a vaccine communications plan and campaign.
The hospital price transparency rule takes effect Jan. 1, 2021, requiring hospitals and health systems to disclose all standard charges, as defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to mean privately negotiated rates with insurers, gross charges (a.k.a., “list prices”) and…
AHA statement on COVID relief package and government funding bill from President and CEO RIck Pollack.
Hospitals’ Emergency Motion for Stay Re: Disclosure of Negotiated Rates
AHA letter requesting the Biden Administration exercise enforcement discretion with respect to compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital price transparency final rule requiring hospitals to make public, effective Jan. 1, 2021, all of the rates they negotiate with…