Letter/Comment

The latest advocacy letters and comments from the 黑料正能量 Association.

AHA letter to Senators Rick Scott, R-Fla., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in respond to their questions on efforts to protect U.S. taxpayer-funded research developed at our member organizations from foreign threats.
AHA comments to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on provisions of the Ban Surprise Billing Act that will be marked up this week.
The AHA is pleased to support the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means legislation, the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020. 
AHA comments to CMS on the transparency in coverage proposed rule. The AHA appreciates the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services鈥 (collectively, the departments) effort to increase the availability of useful information for patients, specifically, the proposal to improve鈥
A model comment letter on Proposed Rule: CMS鈥2393鈥揚, Medicaid Program: Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation (Vol. 84, No. 222), November 18, 2019 and CMS-2393-N (Vol. 84, No. 249) December 30, 2019, and the infographic "Financial Impact Analysis: Proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (鈥
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC, or the Commission) will vote this month on payment recommendations for 2021. The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) asks that commissioners consider the following issues that would have a significant impact on hospitals, health systems, other鈥
The AHA commented on the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 draft guidance for industry and FDA staff on clinical decision support software as part of the agency鈥檚 efforts to implement Section 3060(a) of the 21st Century Cures Act.
AHA urges CMS to reconsider its recent guidance to providers requiring them to document Medicare-Medicaid 鈥渃rossover鈥 bad debt in a manner that is neither standard practice for most hospitals nor consistent with current accounting standards.