Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
On behalf of our approximately 5,000 hospitals and health system members, the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) requests immediate clarification of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 (CMS) expectations regarding the actions hospitals must take to appropriately guard against鈥
The AHA today expressed its opposition to an amendment included in the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 appropriations bill in the House Appropriations Committee that would eliminate the per-country cap for immigrant visas.
The AHA and other hospital groups today opposed the Department of Health and Human Services motion to stay in the groups鈥 lawsuit challenging the excessive delay in the effective date for the 340B price transparency rule.
Tom Nickels
Bipartisan leaders from committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate yesterday reached agreement on the final provisions of the Opioid Crisis Response Act.
鈥淎merica鈥檚 hospitals and health systems are on the front lines of the opioid crisis that is ravaging communities across the nation and costing nearly 150 American lives each day. We are encouraged that the Senate today passed legislation containing several provisions that will help hospitals鈥
A recent article in the New York Times, 鈥淎 Little-Known Windfall for Some Hospitals, Now Facing Big Cuts,鈥 gives a thoroughly inaccurate and misleading view of the 340B Drug Pricing Program.