Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association.
AHA today voiced support for bipartisan legislation in the Senate that would authorize through fiscal year 2025 a federal program that provides grants to public graduate medical education programs for physicians, with a focus on states with the most severe primary care provider shortages.
AHA today voices support for the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, legislation that would create a federal grant program for hospitals to initiate or expand violence prevention programs linked to trauma centers and examine their effect on re-incarceration and readmission rates.
The AHA is pleased to support the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (S. 1302).
AHA comments on the CMS' proposed rule regarding the treatment of Medicaid 1115 demonstration days.
AHA's comments on the CMS Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Third-Party Payer proposed rule.
April 20, 2023
The Honorable Yvette D. Clarke
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Dan Crenshaw
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
April 19, 2023The Honorable Larry Bucshon, M.D.U.S. House of Representatives2313 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Madeleine DeanU.S. House of Representatives150 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Dear Representatives Bucshon and Dean:
AHA is pleased to support the Preserving Rules Ordered for The Entities Covered Through (PROTECT) 340B Act of 2023.
The AHA voices support legislation, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (H.R. 2389).
The Save Rural Hospitals Act would establish a national minimum rate of 0.85 for the AWI reimbursement rate, resulting in an infusion of new federal dollars to rural hospitals at this critical time.