Letter/Comment
The latest advocacy letters and comments from the 黑料正能量 Association.
The AHA writes to express our disappointment that Congress is adjourning for its April recess without providing Medicare sequester relief or critical financial assistance for hospitals and health systems serving their communities during this unprecedented public health crisis.
As the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice contemplate changes to their guidelines for horizontal and vertical mergers, AHA today urged the agencies to update the guidelines to properly recognize the benefits that hospital mergers produce.
AHA, hospital groups ask U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra, to renew the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
AHA letter to OSHA requesting a deadline extension for the comment period reopening of Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚 (OSHA鈥檚) interim final rule establishing an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on 鈥淥ccupational Exposure to COVID鈥19鈥 (Docket No. OSHA鈥2020鈥0004).
AHA letter to Senators Jack Rosen and Bill Cassidy, M.D. voicing support of the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act (S.3904).
AHA requests Attorney General Merrick Garland's support for legislation that would protect health care workers from assault and intimidation.
Our nation鈥檚 health care workers deserve the same protections and the same commitment from the Department of Justice. We therefore urge Attorney General Merrick Garland to support legislation, modeled after 18 U.S.C. 搂 46504, that would provide similar protections as those that currently exist for鈥
AHA urges Congress to provide immediate additional support for hospitals and health systems as COVID-19 challenges persist.
AHA's comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, expressing strong support for creating a useable, scalable and efficient solution to help reduce prior authorization impacts on patients and providers.
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners 鈥 including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers 鈥 and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership groups鈥