Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
The AHA joined the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other national health care and public health organizations in encouraging COVID-19 vaccination for everyone age 12 and older who is eligible.
The AHA joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other national organizations in urging the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a district court decision that found the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 provides broad immunity from tort liability to health care providers and…
The AHA’s opposition to UnitedHealthcare’s now-delayed policy on emergency coverage was picked up by the media and was mentioned in numerous publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, Modern Healthcare, Minneapolis Star Tribune, as well as a local TV interview with AHA President and CEO…
The National Urban League, a strategic partner of AHA, June 15-16 is hosting its annual Legislative Policy Conference as a free virtual event.
The departments of Health and Human Services and Defense will purchase 1.7 million treatment courses of an investigational antiviral drug for $1.2 billion if the Food and Drug Administration approves or authorizes the therapy, the Biden administration announced.
AHA urged UnitedHealthcare to reverse its decision to retroactively deny coverage effective July 1 for emergency department claims the insurer deems non-emergent.
Commenting on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rules for the inpatient rehabilitation, inpatient psychiatric and skilled nursing facility prospective payment systems for fiscal year 2022, AHA said it appreciates that the streamlined IRF proposed rule allows IRFs and their…
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association voices support of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173).
When COVID-19 was rapidly sweeping through the country in spring 2020, Americans instinctively did what they have done for generations in times of peril: They turned to hospitals for safety, security and healing. And once again, our hospitals and health systems met the moment, saving millions of…
President Biden May 28 submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year 2022.