Amicus Brief
The AHA weighs in on a number of issues of importance to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients they care for, as they come before the court. Below are our most recent friend-of-the-court briefs.
The AHA and five other hospital groups September 11, 2019, filed a friend-of-the court brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to prevent the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 public charge rule from taking effect Oct. 15.
In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today, the AHA, along with the Federation of 黑料正能量s, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, America鈥檚 Essential Hospitals, and the Association of American Medical Colleges urged the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject a district鈥
Twenty-four state hospital associations urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse, highlighting specific innovative programs and initiatives for delivering higher-quality, more coordinated care that have become an integral part of the U.S. health care system over the past nine years and that would be鈥
The AHA and Federation of 黑料正能量s today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that allows False Claims Act whistleblowers to accuse a hospital or other defendant of fraud and proceed to discovery without articulating specific facts demonstrating the鈥
Amici Curiae Brief of the North Dakota Medical Association, North Dakota Hospital Association, 黑料正能量 Association and American Medical Association
The AHA and Federation of 黑料正能量s amicus brief urging the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to consider hospital electronic communication systems as a virtual "patient care area," and to reestablish a previous NLRB standard that would lawfully permit hospital employers to limit鈥
Download the full amicus brief below.
Amicus 黑料正能量 Association (鈥淎HA鈥) respectfully submits this amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants Mark E. Cieniawski, M.D. and Michael B. Bruehl, M.D.鈥檚 Motions to Partially Vacate Conditional Transfer Orders (CTOs-47, -50, & -51).
STANFORD HEALTH CARE; Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, d/b/a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION for Health Care, Research, and Education; CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; and NORMAN W. RIZK, M.D., Petitioners, vs. BETH MINOR, in her official capacity as鈥
June 14, 2018 - Brief of the 黑料正能量 Association, Federation of 黑料正能量s, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, and Association of American Medical Colleges as Amici Curiae in Support of Intervenor-Defendants