Action Alert
黑料正能量 Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee may move to mark up the No Surprises Act 鈥 draft bipartisan legislation focused on ending surprise billing 鈥 as soon as Subcommittee members return from the Independence Day recess the week of July 8.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee leaders today released a manager鈥檚 amendment to the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895) making several updates to the bill.
Leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee June 19 released a revised version of the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 鈥 bipartisan legislation focused on reducing health care costs.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has released the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 鈥 bipartisan discussion draft legislation to reduce health care costs.
Recently, a number of proposals have been introduced in Congress to address surprise medical billing.
Reps. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Pete Olson, R-Texas, are asking their colleagues to join them in urging House leadership to delay for at least two years the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cuts scheduled to take effect Oct. 1.
Bipartisan bills were recently introduced in both chambers of Congress to help alleviate the critical shortage of physicians. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348/H.R. 1763) would add 3,000 Medicare-funded residency slots each fiscal year for the next five years, at least鈥
The Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 recent proposed rule could limit legal immigrants鈥 future immigration status based on their receipt of public benefits. Specifically, the rule proposes to change current policies that govern 鈥減ublic charge鈥 determinations, which assess how likely an individual鈥
Facing deadlines for responding to the lawsuit brought by the AHA, Association of American Medical Colleges, America's Essential Hospitals, 340B Health and three hospital systems, the Health Resources and Services Administration proposes a Jan. 1 compliance date for its final rule on 340B drug鈥
One hundred thirty-eight members of the House of Representatives Oct. 18 expressed concern with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposal to expand certain site-neutral payment policies to grandfathered off-campus hospital provider-based departments in calendar year 2019.